On 28.12.2010 23:51, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan<andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> On 12/28/2010 04:44 PM, Joel Jacobson wrote:
>>> Perhaps abbreviations are to prefer, e.g., myfunc_i, myfunc_i_c, etc
>>> to reduce the need of truncating filenames.
>> I think that's just horrible. Does the i stand for integer or inet? And
>> it will get *really* ugly for type names with spaces in them ...
> You think spaces are bad, try slashes ;-)
>
> Not to mention the need for including schemas in typenames sometimes.
> I think you're going to have a real problem trying to fully describe a
> function's signature in a file name of reasonable max length.
something like
funcname_<number-of-arguments>_<hash_of_argument_type_list>.sql
seems like a reasonable compromise - you can find the function you are
looking for without too much searching, even when overloaded and the
uniqueness is still guaranteed.
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