Re: Adding // comments (ANSI??)... - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Adding // comments (ANSI??)...
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Msg-id 21577.1044413165@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Adding // comments (ANSI??)...  (Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>)
Responses Re: Adding // comments (ANSI??)...  (Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>)
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Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> writes:
> I didn't think much of it until I took a gander at the crash-me page
> on mysql.com and I couldn't find a single vendor that supports //
> comments, but it did list // as an ANSI supported comment.  ::shrug::

MySQL seem to have only a very weak grasp on the notion of "spec
compliance" ;-).  // is most definitely not a comment in the SQL spec.

Furthermore, it's a legal operator name in Postgres.

            regards, tom lane

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