Re: pl/pgsql: END verbosity - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: pl/pgsql: END verbosity
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0506222137440.14390-100000@kix.fsv.cvut.cz
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In response to Re: pl/pgsql: END verbosity  ("Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> Neil Conway said:
> > In PL/PgSQL, "END LOOP" is used to terminate loop blocks, and "END IF"
> > is used to terminate IF blocks. This is needlessly verbose: we could
> > simply accept "END" in both cases without syntactic ambiguity. I'd like
> >  to make this change, so that END can be used to terminate any kind of
> > block. There's no need to remove support for the present syntax, of
> > course, so there's no backward compatibility concern. Oracle's PL/SQL
> > does require "END IF" and "END LOOP", but folks interested in maximum
> > compatibility can always use those forms if they like.
> >

Hello,

I prefer actual syntax too, Neil. The reason isn't compatibility with 
Oracle, but better readibility - it's mean more work with finishing code 
but less with debugging

Regards
Pavel



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