| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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| To: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Nolan <htfoot(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Declaring a field that is also an out parameter in a function |
| Date: | 2024-07-07 14:48:36 |
| Message-ID: | 3f8781c5-d625-4f24-b96d-56a45a0dd257@aklaver.com |
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On 7/7/24 07:42, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> I'm not sure why there's a warning about using an alias. 43.3.1 says
> to use them for improved readability.
>
>
> it is obsolete - aliases were used when Postgres doesn't support named
> arguments.
Is that was what it was complaining about or the fact they where
declared and never used?
>
> I don't know any good reason why one variable can use more than one name.
Section 43.3.2. ALIAS provides the pros/cons.
>
> There can be an exception when argument names are very long, but
> generally they are not used.
>
>
>
> Mike Nolan
>
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Adrian Klaver
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