Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Tom Lane<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Now that I've started to read this patch ... exactly what is the
>> argument for allowing a "mixed" notation (some of the parameters
>> named and some not)? ISTM that just serves to complicate both the
>> patch and the user's-eye view, for no real benefit.
>
> Wow, I can't imagine not supporting that. Doesn't every language
> that supports anything like named parameters also support a mix?
Sybase ASE and Microsoft SQL Server support mixed notation (and I
think that goes back to their common version 1.0). If a parameter is
specified more than once, it is an error.
-Kevin
