Re: Coping with 'C' vs 'newC' function language namesh

From: "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
To: "'Marko Kreen'" <marko(at)l-t(dot)ee>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Coping with 'C' vs 'newC' function language namesh
Date: 2000-11-16 15:59:26
Message-ID: 20001116095926.B7369@rice.edu
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 05:51:07PM +0200, 'Marko Kreen' wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:32:43AM -0600, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 04:16:26PM +1100, Philip Warner wrote:
> > > Create Module foo_mod from library 'path-to-lib';
> >
> > Phil - be careful with the nomenclature. We've got another naming collision,
> > here. SQL9[29] talk about modules, which may or may not be related to what
> > your suggesting here.
>
> Do you know any url's where the SQL* standards could be looked
> up?
>
> Mark Hollomon's idea was to use 'package' not 'module', but
> ofcourse it would be nice to be SQL* conforming.

Well, the 1999 standards seem to live at:

ftp://jerry.ece.umassd.edu/isowg3/x3h2/Standards/

Which is the working repository for the ANSI database committee (x3h2)

Ross
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