Alternate Postgres syntax for escaping reserved words - sql

Question

In a PGSQL query one might use double-quotes to escape a column or table name that happens to be a reserved word, like so
select "name" from sometable;
This is often combined with C#, and the escaping must itself be escaped.
string sql = "select \"name\" from sometable;";
However, there is another C# trick that I would like to use to allow line breaks in my SQL for legibility, like so:
string sql = #"
select
foo
from
sometable;";
And here we come unglued: you can't use backslashes to escape double-quotes in a string in which backslashes and linebreaks are treated as literals.
Generally I exploit the fact that dot notation makes the escaping unnecessary.
string sql = #"
select
x.name
from
sometable as x;";
But what of tables with reserved words for names?
string sql = #"
select
foo
from
user;";
Putting aside my burning desire to thump the person who keeps using reserved words for column and table names, I ask for alternate syntax. I tried the widely used square bracket syntax.
string sql = #"
select
foo
from
[user];";
But PGSQL seems to be unhelpful there.
I did find a workaround: dot notation again.
string sql = #"
select
foo
from
public.user;";
But the question stands: alternate notation?

Answer 1

There is no alternative to double quotes for quoting identifiers. You will have to pay the price for the bad design choice of choosing identifiers that are not standard compliant.