Re: patch: plpgsql - access records with rec.(expr)

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Mike Rylander <mrylander(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Matt <matt(at)kynx(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: patch: plpgsql - access records with rec.(expr)
Date: 2004-11-24 10:06:45
Message-ID: 41A45D35.7040609@samurai.com
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Mike Rylander wrote:
> As an alternative, what would be the possibility of creating a new PL
> as a contrib module, say PLPGSQL_NG, to move forward with extensions
> like this and perhaps EVALUATE?

I think the idea of rewriting PL/PgSQL from scratch has merit (and it's
something that I think would be well worth doing). IMHO it's not really
worth the trouble to fork the existing code base and add new features to
something that, hopefully, has a limited life span.

-Neil

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