On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 01:57 +0000, Andrew Gierth wrote: > Note that I'm talking here about the names of the C functions, not > the SQL names. > > The existing hstore has some very dubious choices of function names > (for non-static functions) in the C code; functions like each(), > delete(), fetchval(), defined(), tconvert(), etc. which all look to me > like prime candidates for name collisions and consequent hilarity. > > The patch I'm working on could include fixes for this; but there's an > obvious impact on anyone upgrading from an earlier version... is it > worth it?
Perhaps you can have two sets of functions, yet just one .so? One with the old naming for compatibility, and a set of dehilarified function names for future use. Two .sql files, giving the user choice. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
