2017-09-04 18:56 GMT+02:00 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>: > I wrote: > > ... Or maybe we should shorten this > > variable name so it doesn't force reformatting of all this text. > > Possible ideas include "DB_VERSION_NAME", "SERVER_VER_NAME", or > > "SERVER_VERSION_STR". (The last saves only one character, whereas > > we really need to save two if we're trying not to be wider than any > > other documented variable.) > > Just had another idea: maybe make the new variable names > > SERVER_VERSION_S > SERVER_VERSION_N > VERSION_S > VERSION_N > > "_S" could usefully be read as either "string" or "short", and probably > we should document it as meaning "short". This way avoids creating any > weird inconsistencies with the existing precedent of the VERSION variable. >
-1 With respect, it doesn't look well and intuitive. SERVER_VERSION_STR looks better than this. I can live very well with SERVER_VERSION_STR and SERVER_VERSION_NUM Regards Pavel > > regards, tom lane >
