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

[Paragon Corporation]

I like that.  Though we should start with Bborie's first (which doesn't
require drop anything since they are so new)

Many of the raster functions have 4 or 5 protos per function.

So Bborie added about 10 (hmm maybe more but that's as high as I can count)
new functions each of which has anywhere from 2-10 permutations. -- to add
up to a lot.

For example:
http://www.postgis.org/documentation/manual-svn/RT_ST_AsPNG.html

Great functions by the way :) 

So I've been hesitant to document the ST_AsTiff, ST_AsJPEG and all the
analytics if we are going to go default args.

Thanks,
Regina

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:postgis-devel-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Paul
Ramsey
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] Should we start using default args now?

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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> Sandro Santilli
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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 ?).
>
> --strk;
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