Re: array type name mangling

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: array type name mangling
Date: 2007-05-05 18:51:47
Message-ID: 26542.1178391107@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Actually, looking back in the email history I see Tom suggested this,
> which I'll try instead:

>> prepend _, truncate to less than 64 bytes if necessary,
>> then substitute numbers at the end if needed to get something unique.

Your idea of multiple underscores seems just as reasonable, maybe more
so. Either way, remember that the truncation needs to be
multibyte-aware.

regards, tom lane

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