Re: patch: plpgsql - access records with rec.(expr) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: patch: plpgsql - access records with rec.(expr)
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Msg-id 41A45D35.7040609@samurai.com
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In response to Re: patch: plpgsql - access records with rec.(expr)  (Mike Rylander <mrylander@gmail.com>)
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Mike Rylander wrote:
> As an alternative, what would be the possibility of creating a new PL
> as a contrib module, say PLPGSQL_NG, to move forward with extensions
> like this and perhaps EVALUATE?

I think the idea of rewriting PL/PgSQL from scratch has merit (and it's 
something that I think would be well worth doing). IMHO it's not really 
worth the trouble to fork the existing code base and add new features to 
something that, hopefully, has a limited life span.

-Neil



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