Re: proposal: disallow operator "=>" and use it for named parameters

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: disallow operator "=>" and use it for named parameters
Date: 2015-01-19 13:27:20
Message-ID: CA+TgmoaRDf_kDULnHoxE7dCKWoOQx+di2fR-Fb9kkuMMMTt7Fw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 2:59 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I think you should just remove the WARNING, not change it to an error.
>> If somebody wants to quote the operator name to be able to continue
>> using it, I think that's OK.
>
> It looks so quoting doesn't help here
>
> + CREATE OPERATOR "=>" (
> + leftarg = int8,<--><------>-- right unary
> + procedure = numeric_fac
> + );
> + ERROR: syntax error at or near "("
> + LINE 1: CREATE OPERATOR "=>" (
> + ^

Well then the error check is just dead code. Either way, you don't need it.

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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