Re: Trailing comma support in SELECT statements

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>
To: Alex Goncharov <alex(dot)goncharov(dot)usa(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Trailing comma support in SELECT statements
Date: 2014-10-28 21:25:02
Message-ID: D5DD7BD5-BC93-46EE-837F-9ED7A67D4889@justatheory.com
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On Oct 24, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Alex Goncharov <alex(dot)goncharov(dot)usa(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Another dimension of the trouble is breaking the operation of the
> tools that parse SQL statements for various purposes, e.g. for
> dependency analysis.

That’s a valid point.

> This is a misfeature for the benefit of edit-lazy users only.

This one, however, is more a judgment of people and their practices rather than the feature itself. Color me unimpressed.

Best,

David

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