Re: Dollar in identifiers

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > We do currently use $1 for params, so allowing dollar in the middle
> > seems better.  However, I need to see multiple people who need it before
> > I would say OK.  If we go adding things because _one_ person wants it,
> > we will end up with a mess.  Someone is working on an
> > Oracle-compatibility parser.  It would be OK in there.
> 
>     Exactly  that was my first response in the meeting yesterday.
>     Put it into the Oracle-compatibility parser when we have  it.
>     The  question  is  "will  we  for  sure  have that parser and
>     when?".
> 
>     But let's see. Is there anybody else out there who would like
>     this feature? Ian?

Yes, if you can get other votes for the feature, it has a good chance. 
Seems pretty small.  In fact, you could probably enable it with a
#define that could be safer.

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