Jan Wieck <JanWieck@yahoo.com> writes:
> I would've expected you, Tom, to suggest removing it from the
> operators as well :-)
Well, adding a non-standard extension is one thing. Doing it by
removing a different non-standard extension brings up backwards
compatibility issues. In this case, I'm not thrilled about the
potential for breaking applications that have relied on our
long-standing, *documented* behavior.
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-OPERATORS
regards, tom lane