Re: plpgsql TABLE patch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: plpgsql TABLE patch
Date: 2007-09-26 03:42:14
Message-ID: 12608.1190778134@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, 2007-25-09 at 22:15 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Personally I won't cry if this doesn't make it into 8.3, particularly
>> since there was some disagreement about it. But if you intend to make
>> it happen, the days grow short.

> My recollection is that the patch was okay as far as it went, but I'm
> hesitant to add yet another alternative to the already complex set of
> choices for returning composite types and sets from functions. If we
> just make TABLE() syntax sugar for the existing OUT function stuff we
> would avoid at least some of that complexity, but Pavel still prefers a
> distinct proargmode, last I heard.

OK, let's just hold this item for 8.4 then. It's way past time to get
8.3 out the door ...

regards, tom lane

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