Re: plpgsql TABLE patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: plpgsql TABLE patch
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Msg-id 12608.1190778134@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: plpgsql TABLE patch  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> On Tue, 2007-25-09 at 22:15 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Personally I won't cry if this doesn't make it into 8.3, particularly
>> since there was some disagreement about it.  But if you intend to make
>> it happen, the days grow short.

> My recollection is that the patch was okay as far as it went, but I'm
> hesitant to add yet another alternative to the already complex set of
> choices for returning composite types and sets from functions. If we
> just make TABLE() syntax sugar for the existing OUT function stuff we
> would avoid at least some of that complexity, but Pavel still prefers a
> distinct proargmode, last I heard.

OK, let's just hold this item for 8.4 then.  It's way past time to get
8.3 out the door ...
        regards, tom lane


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