Re: why two dashes in extension load files

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: why two dashes in extension load files
Date: 2011-02-15 20:34:46
Message-ID: 3452F608-25F7-4296-B7C6-4F5BE10F8F68@kineticode.com
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On Feb 15, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Aside from the double-dash method, we kicked around using colons and
> pluses as separators (and then forbidding just those characters in
> extension and version names). Any of those would be workable, but it's
> not clear to me that any of them have any particular cosmetic advantage
> over any others. In any case, the time to be voting on them is past so
> far as I'm concerned. The work is already done and I'm uneager to do it
> over on one person's say-so.

I'd prefer a single character, but can live with -- just fine.

Best,

David

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