From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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 16:36:19 |
Message-ID: | befa11aa-9b99-35db-1166-94472e1cc946@dunslane.net |
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On 2022-12-05 Mo 11:20, Robert Haas wrote:
> 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.
>
OK, I take both this point and Tom's about trying to keep it the same
length. So we need something that's 7 letters, doesn't say 'return' and
preferably begins with 'e'. I modestly suggest 'eseterr', or if we like
the 'feedback' idea 'efeedbk'.
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
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