Received: from localhost (IDENT:root@hectic-2.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.68.204]) by hub.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA79915; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:33:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu) Received: from alumni.caltech.edu (lockhart@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA05362; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:32:26 GMT Sender: lockhart@hub.org Message-ID: <37B16D5A.999F0A43@alumni.caltech.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:32:26 +0000 From: Thomas Lockhart X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Constantin Teodorescu CC: PostgreSQL Interfaces , "pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org" Subject: Re: [HACKERS] libpgtcl and array fields return format - PROPOSAL References: <37B1178F.1BDFB003@flex.ro> <37B16B29.D12E32A7@alumni.caltech.edu> <37B16D68.11B91C64@flex.ro> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > I think it would be better to return the string as: > > > "red" "blue" "green" > > > and tcl users could directly process the array as an ordinary tcl list. Would it be also possible to use simple lists for arrays on *input* as well as output? The implementation would be symmetric and (presumably) easier to use... - Thomas -- Thomas Lockhart lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu South Pasadena, California