Re: proposal for 8.3: Simultaneous assignment for

From: andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal for 8.3: Simultaneous assignment for
Date: 2006-08-07 12:37:18
Message-ID: 2271.24.211.165.134.1154954238.squirrel@www.dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
>> a,b,c := out3fce(1); -- Simultaneous assignment
>
> I thought we rejected that idea once already, on the grounds that it
> would make it too hard to tell the difference between intended code
> and typos.
>

In any case, I had some questions:

. is it compatible with PLSQL?
. can the effect be achieved by assigning to a composite?

cheers

andrew

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