Re: Improving the names generated for indexes on expressions

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-06-16T16:24:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I think it would be good to press ahead with this. Admittedly, you
> have gotten feedback from a limited number of people, but if you
> commit this soon-ish, there will be lots of time to hear from people
> who dislike it before we run out of time to rethink for v20. If the
> consensus is that we revert it or change the algorithm, so be it, but
> it doesn't seem like you will learn much more about what people think
> without committing something.

Thanks for looking at it!  I agree that pushing this shortly after
we branch would be ideal timing, so I'll plan on doing that.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Improve the names generated for indexes on expressions.