Re: Dollar in identifiers

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dollar in identifiers
Date: 2003-01-09 21:55:02
Message-ID: 200301092155.h09Lt2S14479@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane writes:
>
> > Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set
> > of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a
> > non-first character in identifiers.
>
> I agree with the first one, but does it have to imply the second?

I believe he wanted the second because Oracle supports it, and some
Oracle apps use that feature. I think in the old days, before
underscore, Oracle used $ for space (double yuck).

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