Re: A typo?

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 7:24 AM jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM PG Doc comments form
> <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> >
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/plpgsql-declarations.html
> > Description:
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> > Under 43.3.1, "Notice that we omitted RETURNS real — we could have
> included
> > it, but it would be redundant."
> > Should that be "RETURNS tax" instead of "RETURNS real"?
>
> I think it's related to the plpgsql "RETURNS" and "RETURN" confusion.
> RETURN can appear between "begin", "end".
> RETURNS need to specify before "AS".
>
>
Right, the OP needs to have consulted the CREATE FUNCTION reference page to
find the definition of the RETURNS clause since it is language agnostic.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createfunction.html

David J.