Re: Proposal: variant of regclass

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Pavel Golub <pavel(at)gf(dot)microolap(dot)com>, Pavel Golub <pavel(at)microolap(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal: variant of regclass
Date: 2013-12-05 16:56:45
Message-ID: 52A0B04D.5040501@gmx.net
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On 12/5/13, 10:08 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> We could invent some sneaky syntax variants, like 'pg_klass'::regclass
>> errors, but '?pg_klass'::regclass does not.
>
> Hmm ... cute idea, but shoehorning it into regoperator might be
> problematic. You'd have to pick a flag character that wasn't a
> valid operator character, which lets out '?' as well as a lot
> of the other mnemonically-reasonable choices.

Well, you could pick any letter, I suppose.

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