Re: functional call named notation clashes with SQL feature

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: functional call named notation clashes with SQL feature
Date: 2010-05-27 22:03:52
Message-ID: 20100527220352.GC3508@fetter.org
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:55:54PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:27 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> > On May 27, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> >>> I think we should fix it now.  Quick thought: maybe we could use FOR
> >>> instead of AS: select myfunc(7 for a, 6 for b);
> >>
> >> I'm afraid FOR doesn't work either; it'll create a conflict with the
> >> spec-defined SUBSTRING(x FOR y) syntax.
> >
> > How about "ISPARAMVALUEFOR"? That shouldn't conflict with anything.
>
> Or we could use the Finnish word
> epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän, which I'm pretty
> sure is not currently used in our grammar.

We could use the Turkish
muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine,
which I'm pretty sure isn't either :)

Cheers,
David.
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