| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgsql: Revert fd2ace802811c333b0b4e1a28b138fd4774745f3 |
| Date: | 2014-01-11 22:07:39 |
| Message-ID: | 13836.1389478059@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 01/11/2014 02:01 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Seems we want to document '=' plpgsql assignment instead.
> It's less than best practice, IMNSHO, and if it's documented I'd prefer
> it to be noted that it's deprecated and inconsistent with the upstream
> languages.
Well, as was noted in the other thread, that all depends on which
languages you think are "upstream" --- SQL itself, and SQL/PSM, do
not use ":=". I'm fine with saying that := is the preferred spelling,
but I think that calling "=" deprecated is overstating the case.
regards, tom lane
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