Re: WIP: default values for function parameters

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Gregory Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Grzegorz Jaskiewicz" <gj(at)pointblue(dot)com(dot)pl>, "PostgreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: WIP: default values for function parameters
Date: 2008-12-11 14:51:44
Message-ID: 6856.1229007104@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> what do you thing about?

> select fce(p1,p2,p3, SET paramname1 = val, paramname2 = val)

I'm not really seeing any redeeming social value in that. It's more
keystrokes than the other; and if you dislike AS because of possible
confusion with other usages then surely the same objection applies to
SET.

regards, tom lane

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