Re: Dollar in identifiers

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dollar in identifiers
Date: 2001-08-17 15:31:38
Message-ID: 29782.998062298@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Sure, if you want to remove it from operators, that is fine, but adding
> it to identifiers seems weird seeing as only one person wants it and it
> isn't standard.

?? I don't see any value in not using $ for *either* purpose. That
breaks backwards compatibility for hardly any gain at all.

regards, tom lane

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