Re: mixed, named notation support

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Pavel Stehule<pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 2009/7/31 Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>:
>> --On Montag, Juli 27, 2009 15:24:12 +0200 Bernd Helmle
>> <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I sending a little bit modified version - I removed my forgotten
>>>> comment in gram.y
>>>
>>> Thanks, i'll look on it asap.
>>
>> Looks good now.
>>
>> Here is a slightly edited reviewed patch version. I've edited the docs and
>> fixed some spelling errors in a few error messages. It seems the patch
>> mangled some source comments in namespace.c, i've rearranged them and tried
>> to explain the purpose of VerifyCandidateNamedNotation(). I'm continuing
>> reviewing this but can't get on it again until sunday.
>>
>> Pavel, can you have a look at the docs part of this patch and watch out for
>> any gotchas?
>>
>
> I looked there and I thing it's very good. I have only one idea about
> samples in docs. Mathematical function isn't too much readable. Maybe
> some string concation or returning record should be more readable.
>
> create or replace function foo(a varchar, b varchar, uppercase boolean = false)
> returns varchar as $$
>  select when uppercase then 'a=' || a ', b=' || b
>                                       else upper('a=' || a ', b=' || b) end;
> $$ language sql immutable strict;
>
> select foo('Hello','World');
> select foo('Hello', World', true);
> select foo('Hello' as a, 'World' as b);
> select foo('Hello', 'World', true as uppercase);
> select foo(true as uppercase, 'World' as b, 'Hello' as b);
>
> or some similar
>
> Thank You very much
> Pavel

What's the current status of this patch? Is someone (either Pavel or
Bernd) planning to update it further, or should it be marked Ready for
Committer?

Thanks,

...Robert