[postgis-devel] Should we start using default args now?

Paul Ramsey pramsey at opengeo.org
Tue May 17 10:19:48 PDT 2011


We can include DROP IF EXISTS at the front of the upgrade scripts
(already do that do some extent) to clean out non-defaulted
pre-existing functions.
P.

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Paragon Corporation <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> No CREATE OR REPLACE would not  replace them.  We would have to drop them.
>
> I was thinking about just new functions like the 100 some odd Bborie just
> loaded on us :)
>
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> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 01:01:13AM -0400, Paragon Corporation wrote:
>> Now that Bborie has unleashed his load of functions; I'm not
>> complaining, I did ask for it :)
>>
>> I was wondering if maybe we should start using default arguments at
>> least for raster.  Now that our minimum is 8.4 for PostGIS 2.0, this
>> is now an option.  Does it make sense?
>
> If 8.4 supports them, I'm for it. Surely for new functions.
> Old functions might need more verifications (does CREATE OR REPLACE replace
> them ?).
>
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