2008/12/11 Kevin Grittner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In any case, I'm not wedded to using AS for this, and am happy to >> consider other suggestions. But => isn't acceptable. > > How about using a bare equals sign (or the => characters) for > parameter assignment, but require that the parameter name be prefixed > with some special character? (My first thought was a dollar sign, but > that would cause problems in PL/pgSQL, so some other character would > need to be used.) It seems like that could give the parser enough > context to consider the operator as parameter assignment, so it > wouldn't require making it a fully reserved word or preclude other > uses of the operator.
maybe this combination should be safe $name => .... or $name -> ... it's not used everywhere Pavel > > I guess it would preclude the use of whatever character was chosen as > a prefix operator in the context of a parameter list, however; which > might be a fatal flaw to the idea. > > -Kevin > -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
