| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Alex Goncharov <alex(dot)goncharov(dot)usa(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Trailing comma support in SELECT statements |
| Date: | 2014-10-28 23:30:38 |
| Message-ID: | 21053.1414539038@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> writes:
> On 10/28/14, 4:25 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
>> This one, however, is more a judgment of people and their practices rather than the feature itself. Color me unimpressed.
> +1.
> Having users sweat of comma placement in this day and age is pretty stupid. I can understand why we wouldn't want to break backwards compatibility, but I think it does us and our users a disservice to dismiss the issue.
I don't think anyone is just dismissing the issue. But it is certainly a
judgment call as to whether the pros outweigh the cons, and I'm not seeing
a clear majority of us thinking they do.
regards, tom lane
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