Re: [HACKERS] list macro names

> >
> > I will, of course, be running pgindent on the source just before beta.
> >
> > I would also like to change a few of list macro names that I can never
> > remember, and I am sure others have the same problem.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > lappend is good
> >
> > lcons should be ladd (adds to the front of the list, while lappend adds to end
> But 'cons' is the absolute standard lisp nomemclature for this. And all these
> operations are part of the lispish heritage of postgres.
>
> > nconc should be lconcat, because it concats two lists
> >
> > lconsi becomes ladd_int
>
> And this adds an integer arithemetically or listwise? Not less confusing, just
> a different confusion.
>
> > lappendi becomes lappend_int
> >
> > nreverse becomes lreverse
> >
> > set_difference becomes set_difference_int
>
> Why is this more clear?
>
> What is next, Hungarian notation?
>
> > What do people think?
>
> I think we should not rework code that everyone is getting used to unless
> there is some functional reason.
>
> -dg
>
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>

OK, I seem to the only one who wants the change. They stay as is.

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