[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1212: [raster]: st_intersects signature change - documentation out of synch

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#1212: [raster]: st_intersects signature change - documentation out of synch
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 Reporter:  robe            |       Owner:  pracine      
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium          |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis raster  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment(by robe):

 Pierre should have the final word on this.  Just my 2c.

 I just think the number of variants you have is getting out of hand. It's
 worse when you have two functions that take exactly the same arguments but
 in different order.  Too prone for ambiguous name references or when
 things accidentally get auto cast.

 The only thing going for raster,int,raster,int is that it follows the
 pattern of other functions (rast and then band).  The downside of it is
 that if someone just wanted to
 to rast, rast  -- then they would have to input all args.  This is why I
 preferred

 rast1,rast2,int1,int2

 over rast1, int1, rast2, int2

 the number of permutations of these while may make some things shorter to
 type I think will just cause to confuse new users and old users and become
 a great burden to maintain as you'd have to think of all cases where
 things may be thrown in the wrong slot.

 I know Pierre loves overloading because it gives users the freedom to not
 remember the order of things and arbitrarily leave things out willy nilly,
 I just think it adds too much management burden and scares users off when
 they see a function with 12 overloads.

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