Re: Strange behavior of "=" as assignment operator - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Strange behavior of "=" as assignment operator
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Msg-id 15502.1370063937@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Strange behavior of "=" as assignment operator  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: Strange behavior of "=" as assignment operator  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Re: Strange behavior of "=" as assignment operator  (David Johnston <polobo@yahoo.com>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Moshe Jacobson (moshe@neadwerx.com) wrote:
>> Any PG committers who can change this in 9.3?

> It will certainly not be changed for 9.3.

IMO, if we do anything about this at all, it should be to document the
"=" option not remove it.  If we change it, the squawks from people who
were (perhaps unintentionally) depending on the current behavior will
outnumber the plaudits from people who think that such a change is a
good idea by several orders of magnitude.

            regards, tom lane


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