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

From marcin mank
Subject Re: why two dashes in extension load files
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Msg-id AANLkTinVugQqW0cU1FkmO-Tzop2yn0ModfHd_MpsFbN9@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: why two dashes in extension load files  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: why two dashes in extension load files  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On mån, 2011-02-14 at 12:14 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I guess the real question is what's Peter's concrete objection to the
>> double-dash method?
>
> It just looks a bit silly and error prone.  And other packaging systems
> have been doing without it for decades.

how about : we use a single dash as the separator, and if the
extension author insists on having a dash in the name, as a punishment
he must duplicate the dash, i.e.:
uuid--ossp-1.0--5.5.sql

Greetings
Marcin Mańk


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