Re: A typo? - Mailing list pgsql-docs

On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 6:30 PM PG Doc comments form
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/plpgsql-declarations.html
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> Under 43.3.1, "Notice that we omitted RETURNS real — we could have included
> it, but it would be redundant."
> Should that be "RETURNS tax" instead of "RETURNS real"?

I think it's related to the plpgsql "RETURNS" and "RETURN" confusion.
RETURN  can appear between "begin", "end".
RETURNS need to specify before "AS".

not omit "RETURNS real" would be:

CREATE FUNCTION sales_tax(subtotal real,  OUT tax real) returns real AS $$
BEGIN
tax := subtotal * 0.06;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;