Re: [PATCH] docs: Document the automatically generated names for indices - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [PATCH] docs: Document the automatically generated names for indices
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In response to [PATCH] docs: Document the automatically generated names for indices  (jadel@mercury.com)
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On Thu, Sep  1, 2022 at 05:47:11PM -0700, jadel@mercury.com wrote:
> From: Jade Lovelace <jadel@mercury.com>
> 
> I have intentionally been careful to not guarantee that the
> automatically generated name *is* what's documented, but instead give
> the general idea.
> 
> Knowing the format is useful for people writing migrations/ORM tools
> which need to name their unique indices and may wish to use the
> automatic naming system.

Uh, I always that if people didn't want to specify an index name, that
they didn't care.  I think there are enough concurrency issues listed
below that I don't see the value of documenting this.  If they really
care, they can look at the source code.

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