Re: proposal sql: labeled function params

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal sql: labeled function params
Date: 2008-08-24 18:32:36
Message-ID: 20080824183236.GB30960@svana.org
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On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:00:01PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> So I feel that the proposal for labeled parameters as such is dead
> in the water, and that the only usefulness this thread has had is
> (re-) exploring the syntactic alternatives available for named params.

FWIW, I think the way that python manages named and labelled params in
a single calling syntax fairly straightforward.

http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html#SECTION006720000000000000000

Have a ncie day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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