Hello
2010/10/14 Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takah...@gmail.com>:
>> Let's make format support %s, %i, and %l, as well as
>> allowing things like %$3l (meaning, escape the third argument as a
>> literal and interpolate here), and call it good.
>
> Your idea is:
> % [ $ pos ] format -- ex. %$3l , %l
> Escapes: %% => %
>
> Just for information, $ and pos are reversed in C sprintf.
> % [ pos $ ] format -- ex. %3$l , %l
> Escapes: %% => %
ook - +1 for %3$l
>
> IMHO, I like {} syntax as like as C# because the format strings are
> extensible.
> { pos [ : format ] } -- ex {3:l}, {3} (, and {l} could be also supported)
> Escapes: {{ => {, }} => }
>
I dislike it. The target usage for this function is plpgsql code. I
prefer a simply design - second sprintf is useles. More - {} can be
used in messages relative often and with your proposal, you have to
intensivelly use a escaping.
Regards
Pavel
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> Itagaki Takahiro
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