Re: Clobbered parameter names via DECLARE in PL/PgSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: Clobbered parameter names via DECLARE in PL/PgSQL
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Msg-id CAFj8pRBfzu3NrH9ak=CaZbru_2n+eCqeLnQz4QUMVazvodx6BA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Clobbered parameter names via DECLARE in PL/PgSQL  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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Hello

there is VIP patch of plpgsql_check_function that supports this warning

Regards

Pavel


2012/4/15 Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>:
> 2012/4/15 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
>> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>>> We can raise warning from CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION - but I would to
>>> like have plpgsql_check_function inside core - and it is better place
>>> for this and similar issues.
>>
>> I agree.  This is a perfectly legal use of nested declaration scopes,
>> so it would be totally inappropriate to complain about it in normal
>> use of a plpgsql function.  On the other hand, it would probably be
>> sane and useful for CHECK FUNCTION to flag any case where an inner
>> declaration shadows an outer-scope name (not only the specific case
>> of topmost block vs function parameter).
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> yes, it is very simple check there. There should be "levels" of
> warnings in future and performance or semantic warnings.
>
> But, we don't need to increase complexity of CHECK FUNCTION now. A
> design of CHECK FUNCTION was rich for this purposes. And we need to
> find way to push plpgsql_check_function to core first.
>
> Regards
>
> Pavel
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>>                        regards, tom lane

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