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Re: Dollar in identifiers

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@yahoo.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-08-17T15:31:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.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