Re: functional call named notation clashes with SQL feature - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On tor, 2010-05-27 at 12:59 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > I think we should fix it now.  Quick thought: maybe we could use
> FOR 
> > instead of AS: select myfunc(7 for a, 6 for b);
> 
> I'm afraid FOR doesn't work either; it'll create a conflict with the
> spec-defined SUBSTRING(x FOR y) syntax.

How about

select myfunc(a := 7, b := 6);

?