Re: why two dashes in extension load files

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
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: why two dashes in extension load files
Date: 2011-02-14 17:20:16
Message-ID: BA00C515-24AC-4EE7-8218-6BD39BCE9F5A@kineticode.com
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On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Commas do not seem like an improvement to me at all --- they are widely
> used as list separators.

Fair enough.

> I guess the real question is what's Peter's concrete objection to the
> double-dash method?

Hey, I know, a double-dash between the extension name and first version, and -> between the first and second version:

foo--1.2->1.4.sql

;-P

David

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