Re: Error-safe user functions

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Nikita Glukhov <n(dot)gluhov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Error-safe user functions
Date: 2022-12-05 16:20:02
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZHVbfhv2+9G=DDNAMDtjEFX3CF684Sw+8Dh95qtqudwg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 11:09 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 10:57 PM Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> 2. ereturn_* => errfeedback / error_feedback / feedback
>
> > Oh, I like that, especially errfeedback.
>
> efeedback? But TBH I do not think any of these are better than ereturn.

I do. Having a macro name that is "return" plus one character is going
to make people think that it returns. I predict that if you insist on
using that name people are still going to be making mistakes based on
that confusion 10 years from now.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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