Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W23fm-0006qM-3z for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:52:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W23fl-0003Mo-K0 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:52:41 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W23fk-0003Mh-Ni for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:52:40 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W23fi-0000DG-HU for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:52:40 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0BIqUWK024221; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:52:30 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Bruce Momjian cc: Pavel Stehule , pgsql-docs Subject: Re: remove undocumented assign syntax from plpgsql doc In-reply-to: <20140111184106.GF28089@momjian.us> References: <20140111184106.GF28089@momjian.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:41:06 -0500" Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 13:52:30 -0500 Message-ID: <24220.1389466350@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.0 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org Bruce Momjian writes: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:02:20AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote: >> remove undocumented syntax for assign statements in plpgsql doc examples > Applied. I thought the consensus in the referenced thread had been to go the other way. We're not going to remove the syntax option to use "=", so shouldn't we document it rather than pretending it doesn't exist? The end of the other thread was http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1370122048.6266.YahooMailNeo@web162902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs