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On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 12:59:08AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fuhr <mike@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> > test=> SELECT ARRAY[1, 2, 3, 4] @ ARRAY[1, 3];
> >  ?column? 
> > ----------
> >  t
> > (1 row)
> 
> > In 8.2 the above example will work in the stock installation for
> > arrays of any type (i.e., with operands of type anyarray).
> 
> [ blink... ]  When did that get in, and why don't I see it in the
> documentation?

Looks like it arrived with the gin code.

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2006-05/msg00007.php
http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_operator.h.diff?r1=1.142&r2=1.143

> The operand order seems exactly backward considering
> that all the pre-existing @ operators are "contained in", not
> "contains".  Should we flip this around before it's too late?

I'd favor consistency, although I see that contrib/intarray has had
it backwards for a long time :-(

-- 
Michael Fuhr


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