Re: Proposition for autoname columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Proposition for autoname columns
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Msg-id 20201112193452.GA4506@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Proposition for autoname columns  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 04:30:15PM -0300, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2020-Nov-12, 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 if Eugen wants to spend some time with it and see how it could
> be implemented, then sent a patch for consideration, then we could make
> a better informed decision.  My own opinion is that it's not worth the
> trouble, but I'd rather us not stand in his way if he wants to try
> (With disclaimer that we might end up not liking the patch, of course).

I think he would be better outlining how he wants it to behave before
even working on a patch;  from our TODO list:

    Desirability -> Design -> Implement -> Test -> Review -> Commit

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