Re: GUC names in messages

On 17.05.24 05:31, Peter Smith wrote:
>> I think we should accept your two patches
>>
>> v6-0001-GUC-names-docs.patch
>> v6-0002-GUC-names-add-quotes.patch
>>
>> which effectively everyone was in favor of and which seem to be the most
>> robust and sustainable solution.
>>
>> (The remaining three patches from the v6 set would be PG18 material at
>> this point.)
> Thanks very much for taking an interest in resurrecting this thread.
>
> It was always my intention to come back to this when the dust had
> settled on PG17. But it would be even better if the docs for the rule
> "just quote everything", and anything else you deem acceptable, can be
> pushed sooner.
>
> Of course, there will still be plenty more to do for PG18, including
> locating examples in newly pushed code for messages that have slipped
> through the cracks during the last few months using different formats,
> and other improvements, but those tasks should become easier if we can
> get some of these v6 patches out of the way first.

I committed your 0001 and 0002 now, with some small fixes.

There has also been quite a bit of new code, of course, since you posted
your patches, so we'll probably find a few more things that could use
adjustment.

I'd be happy to consider the rest of your patch set after beta1 and/or
for PG18.