2008/12/12 David E. Wheeler <da...@kineticode.com>: > On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > >> So I think that really this is never going to fly unless it uses a >> keyword-looking reserved word. And we're not going to take some short >> word that's not reserved now and suddenly make it so. So, despite >> Pavel's objection that the AS syntax proposal might be confused with >> other uses of AS, I seriously doubt that any proposal is going to get >> accepted that doesn't recycle AS or some other existing reserved word.
when I should exactly identify param name, the we should to use any symbols. > > I'm okay with AS if that's the way it has to be, but what about a colon > right at the end of the label? A cast is two colons, so no conflict there: > > SELECT foo(1, name: 'bar', quantity: 10); it's look well, but I still prefer some combination with = name: = '' name: => ''' :name = '' $name => .. $name = .. Maybe I am too conservative Pavel > > No doubt I'm missing something… > > Best > > David -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
