On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >>> >>> (But having said that, an alternate qualification name is something >>> that could be implemented if there were any agreement on what to use.) >>> >> >> Well that is the tricky part, for sure. I would personally prefer >> something like ${name} rather than a prefix, but I think you're likely >> to veto that outright. So, anything reasonably short would be an >> improvement over the status quo. self? this? my? > > I think it would have to be a reserved word. The obvious existing keyword to > use is "function" but unless I'm mistaken we'd need to move it from > unreserved keyword to reserved, and I'm not sure this would justify that.
I don't see why it would need to be a reserved word. We're not changing how it gets parsed, just what it means. At any rate "FUNCTION." is a 9-character prefix, which is rather longer than I would prefer. PL/pgsql is a tiresomely long-winded language in general, IMHO, although some of Tom's changes for 8.5 will help with that. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers