Re: SEP_CHAR

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SEP_CHAR
Date: 2001-05-23 15:38:07
Message-ID: 14790.990632287@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>> I see some use of SEP_CHAR for '/' in the source. Do we want to use it
>> consistenly, or not use it at all? I can make the change.

> I vote for not at all, since there is not at all a use for it.

If it's not actually needed for the Cygwin port, I'd vote for taking it
out. It adds clutter to the sources, to no purpose. Also, even if you
fix it to be used consistently *every* place it should be, how long will
it stay that way? Seems practically unmaintainable to me.

regards, tom lane

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