Re: PL/pgSQL support to define multi variables once

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:57 AM, David Johnston
<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> That's not the reading I want, and it's not the reading you want either,
>> but there is nothing in the existing text that justifies single
>> evaluation. So I think we'd be well advised to sit on our hands until
>> the committee clarifies that. It's not like there is some urgent reason
>> to have this feature.
>
> Agreed.
>
> I don't suppose there is any support or prohibition on the :
>
> one,two,three integer := generate_series(1,3);
>
> interpretation...not that I can actually come up with a good use case that
> wouldn't be better implemented via a loop in the main body.

Based on these comments and the remarks by Alvaro and Andres, I think
it's clear that we should reject this patch. The number of patches
that get through with -1 votes from 3 committers is very small, if not
zero. While I like the feature in the abstract, I agree with Tom that
it would be better to wait until we have more clarity about what the
semantics are supposed to be.

I will update the CommitFest app accordingly.

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