Re: Non-decimal integer literals

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Non-decimal integer literals
Date: 2021-09-28 15:30:28
Message-ID: 31bba70a-f5a8-9276-37a6-fa6f2c4eee6c@enterprisedb.com
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On 09.09.21 16:08, Vik Fearing wrote:
>> Even without that point, this patch *is* going to break valid queries,
>> because every one of those cases is a valid number-followed-by-identifier
>> today,
>
> Ah, true that. So if this does go in, we may as well add the
> underscores at the same time.

Yeah, looks like I'll need to look into the identifier lexing issues
previously discussed. I'll attack that during the next commit fest.

>> so I kind of wonder why we're in such a hurry to adopt something
>> that hasn't even made it past draft-standard status.
> I don't really see a hurry here. I am fine with waiting until the draft
> becomes final.

Right, the point is to explore this now so that it can be ready when the
standard is ready.

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