Re: Function parameter names

From: Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Function parameter names
Date: 2003-11-23 18:23:12
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0311231919070.29118-100000@zigo.dhs.org
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> Actually I'd suggest text[], as there is no good reason to pad the
> array entries to a fixed length.

The only reason against is that all other identifiers have this arbitrary
limit. But sure, text[] would work just as well and without any
restriction.

Is the reason to use name at all in pg "just" about speed, or is there
some other reason?

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/Dennis

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