Re: BUG #5488: pg_dump does not quote column names -> pg_restore may fail when upgrading

Am 03.06.2010 16:15, schrieb Tom Lane:

>> Solution: pg_dump should quote *all* column-names, no matter if they are
>> keywords or not.
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> That was considered and rejected long ago.  Readability of the dump
> script is something that we put a nonzero value on.

Sorry, I do not understand this.

I assume you mean readability for humans?!

So if readability is not important, what speaks against always quoting
the column names?

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