| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Identifier case folding notes |
| Date: | 2008-07-09 07:59:30 |
| Message-ID: | 200807090959.33999.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Am Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2008 schrieb Gregory Stark:
> "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > One disadvantage is that one could no longer have objects that have names
> > different only by case, but that is probably rare and incredibly stupid
> > and can be neglected.
>
> Certainly not if you hope to claim being within a mile of spec
Which I don't.
> -- which seems like the only point of fiddling with this.
No, the point is making more applications run.
> Breaking this would take as further from spec-compliance than we are today.
As far as standards compliance goes, I don't think there is a well-defined
distance measure, but if you can come up with one, I would actually be quite
keen on debating this point. :-) In any case, any of this would only be an
option anyway.
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