Re: Allow COMMENT ON to accept an expression rather than just a string

Tom Lane wrote:
> Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)oryx(dot)com> writes:
> > There's a TODO item about making COMMENT ON accept an expression. The
> > grammar change is simple (SConst|NULL_P->a_expr), but as far as I can
> > see, there are no similar utility commands that take expressions, and
> > I'm not very familiar with the planner and executor, so I could use
> > some advice about how to evaluate the expression.
>
> There aren't *any* utility commands that take expressions, and I would
> say that that TODO item is seriously mis-scoped. What is the use of
> making COMMENT in particular do this? Fixing all of them might be
> interesting.

I remember adding the TODO after a request from the user, but I have not
seen further requests. I have remove the item; let's see if we get any
further requests for it.

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