Re: Proposal: plpgsql - "for in array" statement - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proposal: plpgsql - "for in array" statement
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Msg-id 28182.1285705172@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Proposal: plpgsql - "for in array" statement  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> 2010/9/28 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
>> But I guess you could get around that if you had to by putting the ARRAY
>> expression inside parens, and it would be a pretty darn unusual case
>> anyway.  So this is probably the best choice.

> I don't agree - There isn't reason for complicating proposed syntax.

Yes, there is.  The syntax you propose is flat out ambiguous: there are
two possible legal interpretations of some commands.  That's not
acceptable, especially not when it's so easily fixed.
        regards, tom lane


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