Re: PL/pgSQL 'i = i + 1' Syntax

From: David Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL 'i = i + 1' Syntax
Date: 2006-05-17 03:59:21
Message-ID: E59A74DC-4990-4F17-AF81-BB2097D67527@kineticode.com
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On May 16, 2006, at 20:51, Tom Lane wrote:

> Um ... design sanity and consistency, maybe? Not that I think PL/SQL
> is any paragon of those virtues, but surely "we'll invent any feature
> we feel like whether it's sane or not" is not a recipe for a
> maintainable language.

Yes, sanity is important, I agree.

> (No, I'm not particularly in favor of the BY feature mentioned
> upthread,
> either.)

Pity. I thought it was a good idea.

Best,

David

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