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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Proposition for autoname columns
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Msg-id 20201112185543.GG25584@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Proposition for autoname columns  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Proposition for autoname columns  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 01:52:11PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> On the whole, I'm on the side of the people who don't want to change this.
> The implementation cost seems likely to greatly outweigh the value, plus
> it feels more like a wart than a feature.

I think we can mark this as, "We thought about it, and we decided it is
probably not a good idea."

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