Re: Application name patch - v2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Application name patch - v2
Date: 2009-10-19 14:36:19
Message-ID: 4980.1255962979@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I thing, so change of original name should generate warning.

> Well, if other people think that's necessary, it's certainly possible.

I think Pavel's entire line of argument is utter nonsense. He's setting
up a straw man that has nothing to do with any actually likely use of
the variable.

I do agree with Peter's concerns about limiting the character set of the
name string, and maybe there should be some sort of length limit too.

regards, tom lane

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