Re: More CppAsString2() in psql's describe.c

> On 28 Nov 2024, at 19:25, Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com> wrote:

>> LGTM, I didn't scan for omissions but the ones in the patch look right to me.
>> I sort of wish we had a shorter macro as CppAsString2() get's pretty verbose
>> when used frequently like this.
> 
> I don't quite understand the etymology of the name (it's some variation on C++'s std::to_string, plus...something), but if I did, I'd probably find the name less icky.

AFAIK, Cpp stands for "C Pre Processor" as it is a preprocessor expansion into
a string, and the 2 is simply because CppAsString2() calls CppAsString().  The
reason for the call is perform macro expansion before converting to string.

I agree that it's not icky, it just get's very verbose as opposed how
translation of strings is done with _(<string>) as an example.

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Daniel Gustafsson