> On Jul 28, 2022, at 18:04, Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com> wrote:
> Is this expected?
Yes. This isn't a bug.
> In other words, is there a careful explanation of what "parse" means in the context of "create or replace" for a subprogram that predicts all of the outcomes that I reported here?
Database objects (such as tables and columns) are left as identifiers until they are executed, because that is the point at which a plan for those statements is created. The other components of PL/pgSQL are translated to internal form (and thus checked for existence) as compile time.