Re: UUID data format 4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From James Mansion
Subject Re: UUID data format 4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x
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Msg-id 47C74369.5080000@mansionfamily.plus.com
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In response to Re: UUID data format 4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x  (Kenneth Marshall <ktm@rice.edu>)
Responses Re: UUID data format 4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x-4x  (Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>)
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Kenneth Marshall wrote:
> conversion process themselves. Accepting random input puts a performance
> hit on everybody following the standard.
Why is that necessarily the case?

Why not have a liberal parser and a configurable switch that determines 
whether non-standard
forms are liberally accepted, accepted with a logged warning, or rejected?

James




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