Inconsistent format() behavior for argument-count inconsistency - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

regression=# select format('%s %s', 'foo', 'bar');format  
---------foo bar
(1 row)

regression=# select format('%s %s', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz');format  
---------foo bar
(1 row)

regression=# select format('%s %s', 'foo');              
ERROR:  too few arguments for format

Why do we throw an error for too few arguments, but not too many?

(This came up when I started wondering whether the proposed VARIADIC
feature would really be very useful for format(), since it needs a
format string that matches up with its arguments.)
        regards, tom lane