| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Dollar in identifiers |
| Date: | 2001-08-17 15:34:29 |
| Message-ID: | 200108171534.f7HFYTF25510@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Sure, if you want to remove it from operators, that is fine, but adding
> > it to identifiers seems weird seeing as only one person wants it and it
> > isn't standard.
>
> ?? I don't see any value in not using $ for *either* purpose. That
> breaks backwards compatibility for hardly any gain at all.
OK, if you think it should be kept for backward compatibility, then go
ahead and keep it, but I see little value in adding it to identifiers
unless it is part of an Oracle-compatibility module or at least an
Oracle-compatibility #define.
How many user-defined $ operators do you think are out there? I doubt
very many. I would be surprised to find even one.
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