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+   Every operator is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">syntactic sugar</span>”</span> for a call to an
+   underlying function that does the real work; so you must
+   first create the underlying function before you can create
+   the operator.  However, an operator is <span class="emphasis"><em>not merely</em></span>
+   syntactic sugar, because it carries additional information
+   that helps the query planner optimize queries that use the
+   operator.  The next section will be devoted to explaining
+   that additional information.
+  </p><p>
+   <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> supports prefix
+   and infix operators.  Operators can be
+   overloaded;<a id="id-1.8.3.17.4.2" class="indexterm"></a>
+   that is, the same operator name can be used for different operators
+   that have different numbers and types of operands.  When a query is
+   executed, the system determines the operator to call from the
+   number and types of the provided operands.
+  </p><p>
+   Here is an example of creating an operator for adding two complex
+   numbers.  We assume we've already created the definition of type
+   <code class="type">complex</code> (see <a class="xref" href="xtypes.html" title="38.13. User-Defined Types">Section 38.13</a>).  First we need a
+   function that does the work, then we can define the operator:
+
+</p><pre class="programlisting">
+CREATE FUNCTION complex_add(complex, complex)
+    RETURNS complex
+    AS '<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>', 'complex_add'
+    LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT;
+
+CREATE OPERATOR + (
+    leftarg = complex,
+    rightarg = complex,
+    function = complex_add,
+    commutator = +
+);
+</pre><p>
+  </p><p>
+   Now we could execute a query like this:
+
+</p><pre class="screen">
+SELECT (a + b) AS c FROM test_complex;
+
+        c
+-----------------
+ (5.2,6.05)
+ (133.42,144.95)
+</pre><p>
+  </p><p>
+   We've shown how to create a binary operator here.  To create a prefix
+   operator, just omit the <code class="literal">leftarg</code>.
+   The <code class="literal">function</code>
+   clause and the argument clauses are the only required items in
+   <code class="command">CREATE OPERATOR</code>.  The <code class="literal">commutator</code>
+   clause shown in the example is an optional hint to the query
+   optimizer.  Further details about <code class="literal">commutator</code> and other
+   optimizer hints appear in the next section.
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