Re: Named arguments in function calls - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Rod Taylor
Subject Re: Named arguments in function calls
Date
Msg-id 1075069951.385.30.camel@jester
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Named arguments in function calls  (Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
Responses Re: Named arguments in function calls  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-hackers
> The only question now is if it should be that we call the function with 
> the variable x AS the value 13, or if we call the function with 13 AS the 
> variable x. I.e.
...
> I don't know if one is more natural then the other in english. To my
> swedish ear both sounds as good. I like (x as 13) a little better, but I
> don't really care much what way around it will be.

If that was IS, then foo(x is 13) makes sense.  I prefer foo(13 as x),
as in call foo with value 13 known as x.



pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Tom Lane
Date:
Subject: Re: Named arguments in function calls
Next
From: Hannu Krosing
Date:
Subject: Where can I found semi-official VACUUM-delay patch for 7.4 ?