On 2005-06-27, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I just noticed that these two modules define operator @ as "contains"
> and operator ~ as "contained by", which is opposite to the meanings used
> by every other datatype.
These operators are fundamentally confusing because they give no visual
indication as to which operand is the "larger" one.
I'd consider replacing them with something clearer, perhaps @< and @> ?
(i.e. (a @< b) would mean "a is contained by b" and (a @> b) would mean
"a contains b")
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