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[Jean-François Gagné <jeanfrancois.gagne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2016-04-24 20:31, Colin Charles wrote:
> > On 24 Apr 2016, at 19:43, Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > They are listed as reserved words in MySQL documentation for any version from 5.0 and up (at least):
> > https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/keywords.html.
> >
> > I think compablity with MySQL here is an even or a more valid/important concern here than standards' compliance.
> > This is actually a minor issue with standards in MySQL ( + derivates ) as compared to lots of other non-compliances IMO.
> > If standards should decide there would never have been MySQL!
> I’m with Peter here - maybe one should also file a bug with MySQL to find out why they have done so before it is removed in MariaDB Server 10.2 ?

I am also with Peter and with Colin's 1st opinion.

I also saw Sergei mail which I interpret as a wish to go forward on 
removing the reserved words and Colin's reply about agreeing with this.  
This seems precipitated to me.

Opening a bug upstream is the least of things to do to get a minimal 
amount of feedback.  Blogging about it would be a good 2nd step to get 
opinion (and buy-in) from the community.  Opening a low priority MDEV 
stating that this will be done in 10.3 is also another way to get feedback.

I was at a BOF about MySQL 5.8 at Percona Live, we discussed about 
adding reserved words, not removing them (I cannot recall the motivation 
for it).

What is the rush in doing that in 10.2 ?  Is this an important thing to 
do now ?

And more importantly, does MariaDB really want to go in the direction 
"locking" user in by opening the possibility of having application 
working with MariaDB but not with MySQL on such a trivial thing ?

I personally have no strong objection about removing those reserved 
keywords (if they will also be removed from MySQL), but not without 
first widening the discussion.  But please do not ask me to lead the 
effort on getting consensus, I have more important things to do.

Best regards,

Jean-François Gagné
System Engineer

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