Jon Jensen wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > I would definitely like to see us adopt a proposal that is like > > > here-documents to the extent that there's a family of possible > > > terminator markers and not only one. But we'll have to adjust the > > > syntax a little bit. If you don't like $$FOO, what else comes to mind? > > > > Couldn't we allow << at the beginning of the line to mean 'here' document? > > Even if that worked, it diverges so much from shell and Perl here document > syntax (where it's customary to have it at the end of the line, or even in > the middle), it wouldn't be any more familiar than anything else. > > I think Tom's $$FOO suggestion is fine -- it just takes getting used to.
Oh, sorry, I forgot 'here' documents don't have to start the line. I was looking at the manual page and not thinking of the code I write with here documents. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
