2013/8/23 David E. Wheeler <da...@justatheory.com> > On Aug 23, 2013, at 8:51 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > it is about a personal taste - if you prefer more verbose or less > verbose languages. > > > > I feeling a PERFORM usage as something special and you example is nice > case, where I am think so PERFORM is good for verbosity. > > I really do not see the point of PERFORM in the current implementation of > PL/pgSQL. If we were to allow SELECT to run when it is not returning a > value or selecting into a variable, it would be unambiguous, since the > other two cases require: > > * Using RETURN (or RETURN QUERY) > * The INTO clause > > I have come around to the position that I think Tom, Josh, and Merlin have > all put forward, that PERFORM is unnecessary. > > Unless Jan chimes in with something the rest of us have missed, it’s > starting to feel like a consensus to me, other than your objections, of > course. > > ook
Regards Pavel > Best, > > David > >
