inner subprograms ... Was: syntax question

> bruce(at)momjian(dot)us wrote:
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> Oh, I thought he wanted to declare a function inside the function that could be called only by that function, like private functions in Oracle packages can do. Yes, you can create a function that defines a function that can be called later. I guess you could also create a function that _conditionally_ creates a function that it can call itself too. My point is that you can't create a function that has function scope — they all have schema scope.

I’ve heard that EDB’s version of PostgreSQL supports inner subprograms (declared and defined within a DECLARE section) to any depth of nesting—and packages too. Is this true?

I worked at Oracle HQ for the longest time. Not a day goes by, when I need to write PL/pgSQL code, that I don’t miss these two constructs. I wish that (a future version of) vanilla PG could bring support for them.