Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
> On 22 Jan 2024, at 03:10, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> + while (len > 0)
> + {
> + const datetkn *tp = datebsearch(lowtoken, zoneabbrevtbl->abbrevs,
> + zoneabbrevtbl->numabbrevs);
> My immediate reaction was that we should stop at prefix lengths of two since I
> could only think of abbreviations of two or more. Googling and reading found
> that there are indeed one-letter timezones (Alpha, Bravo etc..). Not sure if
> it's worth mentioning that in the comment to help other readers who aren't neck
> deep in timezones?
The one I usually think of is "Z" for UTC; I wasn't actually aware
that there were any other single-letter abbrevs. But in any case
I don't see a reason for this code to be making such assumptions.
> + /* FALL THRU */
> Tiny nitpick, it looks a bit curious that we spell it FALL THRU here and "fall
> through" a few cases up in the same switch. While we are quite inconsistent
> across the tree, consistency within a file is preferrable (regardless of
> which).
Fair. I tend to shorten it, but I failed to notice that there was
nearby precedent for the other way.
regards, tom lane