Re: SEP_CHAR

> 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.

I see it used by psql and pg_dump and I will leave them alone, assuming
/ is not hardeded elsewhere in that code.

Actually, it is:

sprintf(psqlrc, "%s/.psqlrc", home);

so it seems NT handles '/' anyway.

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