Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM jian he <jian.universal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> changing "N" to lower-case would be misleading for regexp_replace?
>> so I choose "count".
> I don't see why that would be confusing for regexp_replace
> specifically, but I think N => count is a reasonable change to make.
> However, I don't think this quite works:
> + then the <replaceable>count</replaceable>'th match of the pattern
I think the origin of the problem here is not wanting to use "N"
as the actual name of the parameter, because then users would have
to double-quote it to write "regexp_replace(..., "N" => 42, ...)".
However ... is that really so awful? It's still fewer keystrokes
than "count". It's certainly a potential gotcha for users who've
not internalized when they need double quotes, but I think we
could largely address that problem just by making sure to provide
a documentation example that shows use of "N".
> An English speaker is more likely to understand what is meant by
> "N'th" than what is meant by "count'th".
+1 ... none of the proposals make that bit read more clearly
than it does now.
regards, tom lane
