Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> One question I have is whether this change is needed:
> %left '.'
> - %left '[' ']'
> %left '(' ')'
Only if you want to break array-subscript parsing ;-). Leave it in.
> I believe the logic for removal of brackets for multi-statement rules is
> that brackets are just weird in this usage. :-)
I think the real reason is that psql and other clients aren't smart
about brackets overriding semicolons, and we don't feel like making
them so.
regards, tom lane