Since PostgreSQL started down that road for so many other relations, I think many people just expect this to happen as a logical extension.
It certainly makes life a lot easier in combination with build management systems. /kirk On 2014-09-30 16:43, Tom Lane wrote: > =?UTF-8?Q?Fabr=C3=ADzio_de_Royes_Mello?= <fabriziome...@gmail.com> writes: > >> What's your thoughts about we implement IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE INDEX? > > It's got the same semantic problems as every other variant of CINE. > > If there were a huge groundswell of demand for it, maybe we'd hold our > noses and do it anyway. But I'm against doing it without that. > > regards, tom lane