Re: [PATCH] docs: Document the automatically generated names for indices

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: jadel(at)mercury(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Document the automatically generated names for indices
Date: 2022-09-02 15:46:32
Message-ID: YxIlWKpqcF6cLYHX@momjian.us
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On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 05:47:11PM -0700, jadel(at)mercury(dot)com wrote:
> From: Jade Lovelace <jadel(at)mercury(dot)com>
>
> I have intentionally been careful to not guarantee that the
> automatically generated name *is* what's documented, but instead give
> the general idea.
>
> Knowing the format is useful for people writing migrations/ORM tools
> which need to name their unique indices and may wish to use the
> automatic naming system.

Uh, I always that if people didn't want to specify an index name, that
they didn't care. I think there are enough concurrency issues listed
below that I don't see the value of documenting this. If they really
care, they can look at the source code.

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