Re: Trailing comma support in SELECT statements

From: Alex Goncharov <alex(dot)goncharov(dot)usa(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, 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: 2014-10-24 13:36:59
Message-ID: CAOnt2=MJ_oTUi_fWGd5mBJQD=5-k-bJXXUfQeL8OdTybgJejhw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> (Of course, I'm not for the feature w.r.t. SQL either. But breaking data
> compatibility is just adding an entire new dimension of trouble.
>

Another dimension of the trouble is breaking the operation of the
tools that parse SQL statements for various purposes, e.g. for
dependency analysis.

This is a misfeature for the benefit of edit-lazy users only.

-- Alex

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