Tom Lane writes:
> >     Allow optional () after current_user, session_user, user, current_time,
> >     current_timestamp, current_date for ODBC compatibility.
>
> Allow me to register an objection to this having been done with zero
> discussion, especially on the very eve of a beta release.
I apologize.
> It's not apparent to me that this is an improvement in our standards
> compatibility.
ODBC is generally thought of as being a standard.
We've had these in the odbc.sql file in semi-disabled form because they
needed parser support.
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