Re: [HACKERS] Tree type, how best to impliment?

Tom Lane wrote:
> A purely stylistic suggestion: IDs of the form "1.2.3.4" might be
> mistaken for IP addresses, which of course they ain't.  It might save
> confusion down the road to use a different delimiter.  Not slash either
> unless you want the things to look like filenames ... maybe comma or
> colon?
> 
>                         regards, tom lane

But the 'dot' notation also looks like an entry in an SNMP MIB.
I've been thinking about a similar structure for psql storage
of a MIB.

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Mark Hollomon
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