Re: BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

From: Timothy Madden <terminatorul(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...
Date: 2009-10-25 16:09:12
Message-ID: 5078d8af0910250909k4df0efc9s225e81e1862270c9@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> On lör, 2009-10-24 at 14:01 +0000, Timothy Madden wrote:
> > Can the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION please, please be
> dropped
> > ... ?
>
[...]

> > It is not ANSI/ISO and so annoying for compatibility.
>
> Whatever is inside the string literal is also not ANSI/ISO, so why would
> it make a difference?
>
> At least the function declaration syntax would be right. I think it would
be an important difference; this string literal idea is so strange and
unnatural ...

And why the function body would not be standard ? Do you mean it can never
be for some reason ? How about a simple function ?

Thank you,
Timothy Madden

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