Re: Overhauling GUCS

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS
Date: 2008-06-06 01:07:00
Message-ID: 6FD0F350-6B8C-459A-B51E-6C6C6A4B4BE5@kineticode.com
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On Jun 5, 2008, at 17:53, Greg Smith wrote:

> I was already considering keeping user comments as # while making
> all system-inserted ones #! ; many people are already used to #!
> having a special system-related meaning from its use in UNIX shell
> scripting which makes it easier to remember.

Oooh, yeah. I hadn't even thought of that! I was just looking at
characters on my keyboard and typing them in to see which ones I
thought were most distinctive. This may be part of the reason I
thought that #! was distinctive. :-)

Best,

David

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