Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc

2014/1/13 Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>

> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 06:10:24AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > I find the rules above so complex that I don't see how we can
> recommend
> > a best syntax. What I did in the patch I just posted was to put the
> > preferred operator first, but I don't see why we want to get into
> these
> > details in the docs.
> >
> >
> > just a note about preferred variant should be ok. Using ':=' in GET
> DIAGNOSTICS
> > statement is just bad idea.
>
> Agreed. I added a sentence in the first mention of GET DIAGNOSTICS, and
> indicated it was generic for that command. What I also added was your
> description of when to use := and =, but I put it in the C comments so
> we have a record of it and if we need to expand the description or
> behavior later.
>

I'll be more happy if a comment about GET DIAGNOSTICS statement will be in
user space.

Regards

Pavel

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