Re: [HACKERS] column labels now with obligatory 'as'

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] column labels now with obligatory 'as'
Date: 1998-01-09 17:34:37
Message-ID: 199801091734.MAA29902@candle.pha.pa.us
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> We could probably break the shift/reduce conflict in yacc by insisting
> that right unary expressions be enclosed in parentheses, but that seems
> ugly. It is certainly true though that the most common action by users is
> labeling columns, not using right unary operators. Comments?
>
> - Tom
>
> Another lurking problem is allowing ";" to be an operator as well as a
> statement terminator. Probably a holdover from Postquel, but doesn't work
> at all well in SQL. We should yank it.

I agree on ';'.

--
Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us

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