Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannuk(at)google(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, Jack Christensen <jack(at)jncsoftware(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references
Date: 2022-03-05 10:31:53
Message-ID: YiM8GS34kz2l2E6d@paquier.xyz
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 04:54:18PM +0800, Julien Rouhaud wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 05:05:32PM +0800, Julien Rouhaud wrote:
>> Anyway, the only committer that showed some interest in the feature is Michael,
>> and he seemed ok in principle with the "alias-implementation" approach.
>> Michael, did you have a look at this version ([1]), or do you think it should
>> simply be rejected?
>
> After a couple of months I see that there is unfortunately no agreement on this
> patch, or even its need.

I got a short look at what was proposed in the patch a couple of
months ago, and still found the implementation confusing with the way
aliases are handled, particularly when it came to several layers of
pl/pgsql. I am fine to let it go for now.
--
Michael

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