Support DictionaryString for Regex matching operators

datafusion/expr-common/src/operator.rs

@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ impl Operator {
         )
     }
 
+    /// Return true if the comparison operator can be used in interval arithmetic and constraint
+    /// propagation
+    ///
+    /// For example, 'Binary(a, >, b)' expression supports propagation.
+    #[deprecated(since = "43.0.0", note = "please use `supports_propagation` instead")]
+    pub fn is_comparison_operator(&self) -> bool {
+        self.supports_propagation()
+    }
+
     /// Return true if the operator is a logic operator.
     ///
     /// For example, 'Binary(Binary(a, >, b), AND, Binary(a, <, b + 3))' would