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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Anyway, that's really an academic debate.  My real point is: I do not
> think we should reject out of hand the idea that a patch introducing
> some new notation to deal with this might be acceptable.  I am not
> volunteering to write such a patch, and anyone who tries should be
> aware that there is a chance that it will be rejected on grounds of
> ugliness.  However, if they decide to try anyway, we should read the
> patch and see how ugly it really is.  Maybe it's not that bad.

Sure.  I'm not intending to write such a patch either.

			regards, tom lane