Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

[Tom Lane]

Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>     I would've expected you, Tom, to suggest removing it from the
>     operators as well :-)

Well, adding a non-standard extension is one thing.  Doing it by
removing a different non-standard extension brings up backwards
compatibility issues.  In this case, I'm not thrilled about the
potential for breaking applications that have relied on our
long-standing, *documented* behavior.

http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-OPERATORS

                        regards, tom lane

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