PL/pgSQL and SETOF

Hi,

I am having trouble getting a really simple PL/pgSQL function to work.
I am beginning to wonder if there is not a bug somewhere, or if Postgresql's
type system is not broken. Anyway, suppose I have the following table and
type defined:

CREATE TABLE items
(
item_id int,
item_name text,
item_etc text
);

CREATE TYPE simple_item_t AS
(
item_id int,
item_name text
);

It's easy to create a SQL function that returns a set of simple items:

CREATE FUNCTION get_items ()
RETURNS SETOF simple_item_t
LANGUAGE sql STABLE AS
$$
SELECT item_id, item_name FROM items;
$$;

Now, all I want is to create the equivalent PL/pgSQL function. Nothing
more, nothing less. This is the simplest version I can come up with:

CREATE FUNCTION get_items2 ()
RETURNS SETOF simple_item_t
LANGUAGE plpgsql STABLE AS
$$
DECLARE
item simple_item_t%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
FOR item IN SELECT item_id, item_name FROM items
LOOP
RETURN NEXT item;
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END
$$;

Unfortunately it doesn't work! Postgresql complains that "set-valued
function called in context that cannot accept a set". Anyway, what am
I doing wrong, and what is the simplest way of translating get_items
in PL/pgSQL?

Thanks in advance!
C.S.

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