Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joel Jacobson
Subject Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references
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Msg-id 9f058496-bc45-4895-b1cb-93fde00f6db6@www.fastmail.com
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In response to Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Jan 6, 2022, at 21:38, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> I say, semantically - how I understand the meaning of the word "in" is not good to use it for generic alias of function arguments (when we have out arguments too).

Trying to imagine a situation where you would need a shorthand also for OUT parameters in real-life PL/pgSQL function.
Can you give an example?

I can only think of situations where it is needed for IN parameters.

/Joel

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