I agree that it will be a good idea to rewrite the entire thing. However, in the mean time, I sent a proposal earlier
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-08/msg00019.php And a patch later: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-09/msg00476.php Tom asked me to look into Compound Word support but I found it not usable. Here was my response: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-01/msg00419.php I have not got any response since then, -Sushant. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:33 AM, David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com>wrote: > On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > > There is zero, none, nada, provision for modifying the behavior of the > > default parser, other than by changing its compiled-in state transition > > tables. > > > > It doesn't help any that said tables are baroquely designed and utterly > > undocumented. > > > > IMO, sooner or later we need to trash that code and replace it with > > something a bit more modification-friendly. > > I was afraid you'd say that. Thanks. > > David > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers >
