Re: Feature request: include script file into function body (better syntax)

Hi Tom,

I already agreed to Kevin's proposed syntax, and it is better than
my suggestion, but mine isn't quite as crazy as you make out.

On 1.02.11, Tom Lane wrote:
> Steve White <swhite(at)aip(dot)de> writes:
> > Try this instead:
>
> > ================================================
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
> > myfunc( ... )
> > RETURNS VOID AS '#PGSQL_IMPORT filename' LANGUAGE PLPYTHONU;
> > ================================================
>
> I think having psql decide that string literals mean something other
> than their face value is Right Out --- it would bite you on the rear
> just when you least expect it.

Interesting idea... but why would psql make this decision?
Did somebody suggest that off-line?

I said that the script interpreter might do this...

But the other syntax is better anyway.

> And the notion of the behavior being
> language-dependent is right out to the fourth power. But see my
> alternative proposal to Kevin just now.
>

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