On 2/11/21 1:32 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> writes: >> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 05:34:37PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: >>> * A case could be made for tightening things up a lot more, and not >>> allowing anything that doesn't look like an identifier. I'm not >>> pushing for that, as it seems more likely to break existing >>> applications than the narrow restriction proposed here. But I could >>> live with it if people prefer that way. >> I'd prefer that. Characters like backslash, space, and double quote have >> significant potential to reveal bugs, while having negligible application >> beyond revealing bugs. > Any other opinions here? I'm hesitant to make such a change on the > basis of just one vote. > >
That might be a bit restrictive. I could at least see allowing '-' as reasonable, and maybe ':'. Not sure about other punctuation characters. OTOH I'd be surprised if the identifier restriction would burden a large number of people. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
