Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Next release is 7.0(?) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Next release is 7.0(?)
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Msg-id 199910111704.NAA05891@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Next release is 7.0(?)  (Brook Milligan <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Next release is 7.0(?)  (Craig Orsinger <orsingerc@epg-gw1.lewis.army.mil>)
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>    > I hope we don't have a consensus on this. Long commands with
>    > underscores in them are certainly another sign of the coming
>    > apocalypse ;)
> 
>    But if we keep symlinks to the existing names, is that OK?
> 
> Isn't the point to avoid naming conflicts.  Symlinks won't help that,
> surely.
> 
> I agree; underscores are a pain.  If you must go this direction, I
> suggest hyphens (-).

You could make the actual command pg_createuser, and make a symlink of
createuser, but allow the symlink creation to fail.  Best of both
worlds, I think.  I vote for underscore.  That's what I normally use. 
Dashes look too much like command arguments.

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