Re: SQL/JSON functions vs. ECPG vs. STRING as a reserved word

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SQL/JSON functions vs. ECPG vs. STRING as a reserved word
Date: 2022-05-31 15:09:23
Message-ID: dd872101-eb10-8a6f-ef64-d371a1b3a7a2@dunslane.net
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On 2022-05-29 Su 16:19, Tom Lane wrote:
> More generally, I feel like we have a process problem: there needs to
> be a higher bar to adding new fully- or even partially-reserved words.
> I might've missed it, but I don't recall that there was any discussion
> of the compatibility implications of this change.
>

Thanks for fixing this while I was away.

I did in fact raise the issue on 1 Feb, see
<https://postgr.es/m/f174a289-3274-569d-875c-2e810101df22@dunslane.net>,
but nobody responded that I recall. I guess I should have pushed the
discussion further

cheers

andrew

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