Re: Dollar in identifiers - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Dollar in identifiers
Date
Msg-id 200301092155.h09Lt2S14479@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Dollar in identifiers  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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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).

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