Re: why two dashes in extension load files

From: Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: marcin mank <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: why two dashes in extension load files
Date: 2011-02-16 03:35:03
Message-ID: AANLkTikL4p+tknVxr4BigFvpNH5LPaG_FdAfihURqd2Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 14:12, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:26 PM, marcin mank <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> how about : we use a single dash as the separator, and if the
>> extension author insists on having a dash in the name, as a punishment
>> he must duplicate the dash, i.e.:
>> uuid--ossp-1.0--5.5.sql
>
> That has a certain poetic justice to it.

Im not sure I see the poetic justice in trying to punish others for
*our* arbitrary naming rules. *shrug*

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