Re: Dollar in identifiers
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck@yahoo.com>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-01-09T21:55:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane writes: > > > Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set > > of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a > > non-first character in identifiers. > > I agree with the first one, but does it have to imply the second? I believe he wanted the second because Oracle supports it, and some Oracle apps use that feature. I think in the old days, before underscore, Oracle used $ for space (double yuck). -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073