Re: why two dashes in extension load files - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: why two dashes in extension load files
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Msg-id 3452F608-25F7-4296-B7C6-4F5BE10F8F68@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: why two dashes in extension load files  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Feb 15, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Aside from the double-dash method, we kicked around using colons and
> pluses as separators (and then forbidding just those characters in
> extension and version names).  Any of those would be workable, but it's
> not clear to me that any of them have any particular cosmetic advantage
> over any others.  In any case, the time to be voting on them is past so
> far as I'm concerned.  The work is already done and I'm uneager to do it
> over on one person's say-so.

I'd prefer a single character, but can live with -- just fine.

Best,

David



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