Re: Identifier case folding notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Identifier case folding notes
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Msg-id 200807090959.33999.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Re: Identifier case folding notes  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Am Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2008 schrieb Gregory Stark:
> "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > One disadvantage is that one could no longer have objects that have names
> > different only by case, but that is probably rare and incredibly stupid
> > and can be neglected.
>
> Certainly not if you hope to claim being within a mile of spec

Which I don't.

> -- which seems like the only point of fiddling with this.

No, the point is making more applications run.

> Breaking this would take as further from spec-compliance than we are today.

As far as standards compliance goes, I don't think there is a well-defined 
distance measure, but if you can come up with one, I would actually be quite 
keen on debating this point. :-)  In any case, any of this would only be an 
option anyway.


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