Re: Issues for named/mixed function notation patch

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Issues for named/mixed function notation patch
Date: 2009-10-07 23:15:59
Message-ID: 603c8f070910071615r422d19fct6ebfa92b4bafcd1@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I think what he was considering was the question of insisting that
> the VARIADIC keyword be attached to the named argument that actually
> matches the VARIADIC parameter.  I think we could do it, but it might
> be a bit of a wart.  I notice that right now, an unnecessary VARIADIC
> keyword in a regular positional call does not cause an error, it's just
> ignored --- so we're already being a bit lax with it.

I'd be more inclined to to tighten up the place where we're currently
being lax than to treat additional situations in a similarly lax
manner.

...Robert

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