Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > On lör, 2011-05-21 at 15:46 +0200, Fabien COELHO wrote: >> From a language definition perspective, it is helpful to have a name for >> every case instead of an implicit fallback, without any word to describe >> it. See for instance "CREATE USER CREATEDB/NOCREATEDB" or "CREATE RULE ... >> DO ALSO/INSTEAD" for similar occurences of naming default cases.
> Oddly enough, we did add the DO ALSO syntax much later, and no one > complained about that, as far as I recall. Sure, but CREATE RULE is entirely locally-grown syntax, so there is no argument from standards compliance to consider there. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers