Re: gratuituous string difference

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: gratuituous string difference
Date: 2006-11-29 19:44:52
Message-ID: 20061129194452.GB7001@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > This patch fixes a gratuituous string difference. Barring objections
> > I'll apply shortly.
>
> I object. We do not quote the output of format_type_be() ... look at
> its code to see why not.

Oh, I see -- it may add double quotes on its own in certain cases, while
the other string gets the input from TypeNameToString which never does.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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