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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
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 03:51:51
Message-ID: 15344.1147837911@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> Even if PL/SQL disallows it, why would you not allow it in PL/pgSQL?

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.

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

regards, tom lane

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