Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> writes: > it's not important in this discussion. Important is using some usual > symbol '=' or special symbol '=>'. Our syntax is probably only one > possible solution in this moment (there are minimum controversy), bud > semantic isn't best. Using same operator as assign statement uses can > be messy. I don't know what is a true - you have to ask of ADA > designers.
Well you assign a value to a named parameter, so I don't see the point. Now SELECT myfunc(a := 1, b => 2); is about fine, the only point is that the => operator looks good for associative things such as hstore, so chances that it has been used are not so low. I guess we could choose to go with := for 9.1 and revisit the => situation after the SQL standard has settled on the new version. Maybe this move would even have some impact now that we have a voice over there. Regards, -- dim -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
