| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Albert Bartoszko <albertb(at)nt(dot)kegel(dot)com(dot)pl>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Rules |
| Date: | 2001-11-29 19:29:02 |
| Message-ID: | 21041.1007062142@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> For 7.3, we should either fix psql or remove the option to use square
>> brackets in rule action lists. Comments anyone?
> I'd certainly be for removing this since no one could ever really have
> used this, but this feature seems so unusual, perhaps there was a reason
> for it?
My guess is that the syntax predates psql, or at least predates psql's
current ideas about splitting up queries. It's possible that someone
out there is entering square-bracket-delimited rule lists via a non-psql
interface, but I doubt it. I'd vote for elimination of the syntax,
I think.
regards, tom lane
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