Re: COMMENT ON

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> COMMENT ON AGGREGATE my_aggregate double precision IS 'Computes
> sample variance';
>
> works but looks strange syntax. Should we fix the program or docs?

>> I vote for fixing the program.

> If we fix this, we should also change DROP AGGREGATE, which also uses
> the paren-less syntax. (I think the COMMENT ON syntax was modeled on
> DROP.)

> I'd be in favor of changing, but we do need to maintain consistency.

> Another issue is that pg_dump knows about using both of these
> commands... we'll have a compatibility problem if we don't continue
> to accept the old syntax for awhile.

All fixed ...

regards, tom lane