Re: More CppAsString2() in psql's describe.c

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> On 28 Nov 2024, at 19:25, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> I sort of wish we had a shorter macro as CppAsString2() get's pretty verbose
>>> when used frequently like this.

>> I don't quite understand the etymology of the name (it's some variation on C++'s std::to_string, plus...something), but if I did, I'd probably find the name less icky.

> AFAIK, Cpp stands for "C Pre Processor" as it is a preprocessor expansion into
> a string, and the 2 is simply because CppAsString2() calls CppAsString(). The
> reason for the call is perform macro expansion before converting to string.

Yeah. That name was fine when there were just a few occurrences,
but now it seems we've got hundreds, so +1 for something shorter.

I don't like suggestions as generic as STR() though; that's not very
meaningful and also seems like it might collide with some other usage.
How about something like SYM2LIT ("symbol to literal") or SYM2STR?

regards, tom lane