Re: pl/pgsql oddity

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pl/pgsql oddity
Date: 2004-12-16 18:17:36
Message-ID: 26531.1103221056@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net> writes:
> I don't know of any other language that permits multiple spellings for
> the same construct. I'd be concerned with starting such a precedent.

Well, we have plenty of precedent already at the SQL language level:
ANALYZE vs ANALYSE, NOTNULL vs IS NOT NULL, and so on.

regards, tom lane

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