Re: proposal for PL packages for 8.3.

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 06:34:16AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > Is it would be nice , if packages have been ;
>
> > 1. Package level variables (Public variables)
>
> is very hard for imlementation, and it's actually impossible. Needs large
> changes in code
> > 2. Package member level variables (Private variable)
>
> I plan it, in every PL language
> > 3. Public and private package members
> ?? I see sence only for functions. I don't wont supply schemas.
>
> >4. Syntax must be as closer as plpgsql (declaration, assingment etc)
> >rather than any syntax that we have to learn :-)
> PostgreSQL support other languages than PL/pgSQL. We need universal syntax
> for plperl and others too

Why? Don't those other languages have support of their own for this?

If we try and make this completely cross-language I fear we'll end up
with something so watered down and obtuse that it'll be useless. I think
it makes much more sense to design something for plpgsql and only
commonize whatever it makes sense to.
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