Re: Review: Re: [PATCH] Re: [HACKERS] Adding xpath_exists function

On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 19:41 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> > Minor quibble with the regression tests: should we be using
> > dollar quotes in things like this? Doubled-up quote marks:
> >
> > SELECT xpath_exists('//town[text() = ''Cwmbran'']','<towns><town>Bidford-on-Avon</town><town>Cwmbran</town><town>Bristol</town></towns>'::xml);
> >
> > Dollar quote:
> >
> > SELECT xpath_exists($$//town[text() = 'Cwmbran']$$,'<towns><town>Bidford-on-Avon</town><town>Cwmbran</town><town>Bristol</town></towns>'::xml);
>
> Personally, I don't really see that as an improvement. Dollar-quotes
> are really nice for longer strings, or where you would otherwise have
> quadrupled quotes (or more), but I don't see a big advantage to it
> here. Still, it's a question of opinion more than anything else.

I like the idea of using dollar quotes, but I think they should be used
for both arguments (or neither). Using $$ for one and then shifting to
"'" for the second argument with no whitespace at all seems like the
least readable option.

Regards,
Jeff Davis