* David E. Wheeler (da...@kineticode.com) wrote: > On Oct 19, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > >> I think warnings are too easy to miss, but I agree your other >> suggestion. I know you can write function_name.variable_name, but >> that's often massively long-winded. We either need a short, fixed >> prefix, or some kind of sigil. I previously suggested ? to parallel >> ECPG, but Tom didn't like it. I still do. :-) > > I suppose that $ would interfere with dollar quoting. What about @ or @@ > (sorry, I did mess with MSSQL back in the 90s).
Uh, what dollar quoting? $_$ is what I typically use, so I wouldn't
expect a $ prefix to cause a problem. I think it'd be more of an issue
because pl/pgsql still uses $1 and whatnot internally (doesn't it?).
Stephen
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