Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> The SQL standard uses "=" for assignment in other contexts,
> most notably UPDATE, but also the SQL/PSM standard uses it in
> <assignment statement> which is the exact same thing as in
> pl/pgsql.  So while purists might wish we only accepted :=, doing
> so would be inconsistent with SQL.
>
> I think we should just document it and move on.

+1

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