Robert,
> I wonder whether it would be possible to make PL/pgsql take :foo to
> mean the parameter named foo, and then provide an option to make that
> THE ONLY WAY to refer to the parameter foo. For
> backward-compatibility, and compatibility with (ahem) other database
> products, we probably don't want to remove the option to have foo
> mean... any damn thing named foo you can put your hands on. But it
> would be nice to at least have the option of disabling that behavior
> when compatibility is not an issue, and correctness is.
Thing is, anybody can institute their own naming convention. I've long
used v_ as a prefix. Allowing : would save me some keystrokes, but
that's about it.
--Josh
