Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> It ought to be illegal to modify the loop control variable anyway,
> IMNSHO - it certainly is in Ada, the distant antecedent of pl/pgsql.
Distant ancestors aren't particularly relevant here. What plpgsql tries
to be is a ripoff^H^H^H^H^H^Hsincere flattery of Oracle's PL/SQL. If
modifying the loop variable is disallowed in PL/SQL, I'm all for
disallowing it in plpgsql, otherwise not. Anyone have a recent copy of
Oracle to try it on?
regards, tom lane