| From: | Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Function call |
| Date: | 2004-01-28 17:16:11 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0401281810000.30205-100000@zigo.dhs.org |
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> when the programmer simply adds names to the parameter declarations
> of a function without changing any call sites. If the presence of
> parameter names changes the ambiguity resolution rules at all, I'm
> doubtful that we could guarantee not to break things.
Agreed. Calls without argument names shall work exactly as today.
If you are saying that a call like foo(x => 14, y => 'text') shall always
call the same function even if you add parameter names to a function who
did not have it before. Then that is wrong.
--
/Dennis Björklund
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