Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>>> Btw., the SQL standard also defines -> for something else, so if you
>>> wanted to be really visionary, you could deprecate that one as an
>>> operator at the same time.
>>
>> Ouch. What does it define it to mean?
> Similar to C: Dereferencing a reference and accessing a member.
But a reference would be a datatype no? So we could just regard that as
an ordinary operator. I don't see a reason why it would conflict with
use of the same operator name for other datatypes (unlike the situation
with =>).
regards, tom lane