Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references

[Vik Fearing]

On 11/18/20 9:21 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> postgres=# create or replace function bubu(a int, b int)
> returns void as $$
> #routine_label b
> begin
>   raise notice '% %', b.a, b.b;
> end;
> $$ language plpgsql;

Why not use the block labeling syntax we already have?

create or replace function bubu(a int, b int)
returns void as $$
<< b >>
begin
  raise notice '% %', b.a, b.b;
end;
$$ language plpgsql;

That doesn't currently work, but it could be made to.
-- 
Vik Fearing