Re: WIP: default values for function parameters

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
To: Ian Caulfield <ian(dot)caulfield(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "PostgreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WIP: default values for function parameters
Date: 2008-12-12 13:33:23
Message-ID: DFF7D108-E023-4B06-9F22-F452BFC97C5C@hi-media.com
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Hi,

Le 12 déc. 08 à 14:14, Ian Caulfield a écrit :
> unpopular, and '=>' et al conflict with operators, would verilog-style
> syntax - eg function( .param(value) ) - be an idea?

Ok, time to revisit the classics then ;)
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/functions.html#keyword-parameters

That would give us things like this:
SELECT foo(1, :name 'bar', :quantity 10);

As colon character does not appear in the list of allowed characters
for the CREATE OPERATOR, it seems it could be valid.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-
createoperator.html

Regards,
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dim

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