Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Anyway, that's really an academic debate. My real point is: I do not
> think we should reject out of hand the idea that a patch introducing
> some new notation to deal with this might be acceptable. I am not
> volunteering to write such a patch, and anyone who tries should be
> aware that there is a chance that it will be rejected on grounds of
> ugliness. However, if they decide to try anyway, we should read the
> patch and see how ugly it really is. Maybe it's not that bad.
Sure. I'm not intending to write such a patch either.
regards, tom lane