Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc
Date: 2014-01-14 20:21:28
Message-ID: 20140114202128.GA7761@momjian.us
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 03:36:18PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Agreed.  I added a sentence in the first mention of GET DIAGNOSTICS, and
> indicated it was generic for that command.  What I also added was your
> description of when to use := and =, but I put it in the C comments so
> we have a record of it and if we need to expand the description or
> behavior later.
>
>
> I'll be more happy if a comment about GET DIAGNOSTICS statement will be in user
> space.

I thought you would say that. :-) I don't see how this detail makes
sense in the sections related to the syntax usage, so I looked in the
section Porting from Oracle PL/SQL, and I don't see how it fits there
either.

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