On 2000-01-20, Tom Lane mentioned:
> Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
> >> Wouldn't it be fair if a notice was generated if you attempt to create
> >> and/or reference a name that's longer than NAMEDATALEN.
>
> > Would it be better to throw an elog(ERROR)?
>
> Definitely NOT. Rejecting long identifiers went out with Dartmouth Basic.
But it came back with compilers issuing warnings (hence notice) about
them. Silently truncating input went out with GNU, so I guess it's more of
a current trend ... :)
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