On Jun13, 2011, at 16:19 , Andrew Dunstan wrote: > On 06/13/2011 10:07 AM, Robert Haas wrote: >> Some languages use =~ and some use just ~... I was just >> wondering if anyone thought the commutator of =~ was ~=... > > My feeling is it's a bit dangerous. It's too easy to fat-finger the reverse > op, and get something quite unintended.
Well, but with "~" you need to *remember* that the regexp goes on the right side and the text on the left. That seems worse than the risk of fat-fingering "=~" and getting "~=". At, at least, have looked up the argument order of "~" countless in the past... best regards, Florian Pflug -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
