"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> Hrm. I can see that, I guess. In that case, though, I think I'd prefer
> the colon at the beginning of the parameter label:
> SELECT foo( :bar => 'ick', :baz => 'ack' );
That's ugly, and incompatible with ecpg syntax, and what's the redeeming
value anyway?
In any case, whichever side you put the colon on, Pavel's proposal for
adding => to it is a nonstarter --- he's ignoring the possibility that
=> is defined as a prefix operator.
Hmm ... actually, ecpg might be a problem here anyway. I know it has
special meaning for :name, but does it allow space between the colon
and the name? If it does then the colon syntax loses. If it doesn't
then you could do "name: value" as long as you were careful to leave
a space after the colon.
regards, tom lane
