Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> writes:
> On 28 Nov 2024, at 19:25, Corey Huinker <corey.huin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I sort of wish we had a shorter macro as CppAsString2() get's pretty verbose
>>> when used frequently like this.
>> I don't quite understand the etymology of the name (it's some variation on
>> C++'s std::to_string, plus...something), but if I did, I'd probably find the
>> name less icky.
> AFAIK, Cpp stands for "C Pre Processor" as it is a preprocessor expansion into
> a string, and the 2 is simply because CppAsString2() calls CppAsString(). The
> reason for the call is perform macro expansion before converting to string.
Yeah. That name was fine when there were just a few occurrences,
but now it seems we've got hundreds, so +1 for something shorter.
I don't like suggestions as generic as STR() though; that's not very
meaningful and also seems like it might collide with some other usage.
How about something like SYM2LIT ("symbol to literal") or SYM2STR?
regards, tom lane
