On Aug 9, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> My first thought is that we should go back to the string_to_array and >> array_to_string names. The key reason not to use those names was the >> conflict with the old functions if you didn't specify a third argument, >> but where is the advantage of not specifying the third argument? It >> would be a lot simpler for people to understand if we just said "the >> two-argument forms work like this, while the three-argument forms work >> like that". This is especially reasonable because the difference in >> behavior is about nulls in the array, which is exactly what the third >> argument exists to specify. >> >> [ Sorry for not complaining about this before, but I was on vacation >> when the previous naming discussion went on. ] > > I can live with that, as long as it's clearly explained in the docs.
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