Re: Issues for named/mixed function notation patch

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Issues for named/mixed function notation patch
Date: 2009-08-10 19:04:10
Message-ID: 162867790908101204g48cbcbffqa254ce7c4541b7b8@mail.gmail.com
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2009/8/9 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Oh, another thing: the present restriction that all function parameters
> after the first one with a default must also have defaults is based on
> limitations of positional call notation.  Does it make sense to relax
> that restriction once we allow named call notation, and if so what
> should we do exactly?  (This could be addressed in a followup patch,
> it doesn't necessarily have to be dealt with immediately.)
>

Yes, this rule should be useless. But with the remove of this rule, we
have to modify algorithm for positional notation. It depends on this
rule.

regards
Pavel Stehule
>                        regards, tom lane
>

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