Re: Doc patch--clarifying $1 in PL/PgSQL

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Doc patch--clarifying $1 in PL/PgSQL
Date: 2003-12-22 22:54:03
Message-ID: 20031222225403.GG25063@fetter.org
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 05:50:12PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> > + Note that it is not possible to assign function arguments during
> > + a <literal>DECLARE</> block.
>
> Seems to me this is a bug that should be fixed, not documented.

I got the impression from Jan Wieck that it wasn't fixable, or at
least not without a major rewrite of the plpgsql engine. I'm sure
somebody will correct me if I got a mistaken impression, though :)

Cheers,
D
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