Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 10:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> The existing geometric containment tests seem to be nonstrict, so if we >> wanted to leave room to add strict ones later, it might be best to >> settle on >> >> x @>= y x contains or equals y >> x <=@ y x is contained in or equals y >> >> reserving @> and <@ for future strict comparison operators.
> At first glace, it seems more intuitive to me to do: > x @>= y x contains or equals y > x =<@ y y is contained in or equals y Hm, I've never seen anyone spell "less than or equal to" as "=<", so I'm not sure where you derive "=<@" from? Not saying "no", but the other seems clearer to me. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster