From: dg@illustra.com
To: hannu@trust.ee
Cc: vadim@krs.ru
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Re: [HACKERS] changes in 6.4
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:29:26 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <9807161829.AA16975@hawk.illustra.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <35ADDC68.F13FACB0@trust.ee>
> > > hannu-> check (trim(a) <> '' or trim(b) <> ''));
> > > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "trim"
> >
> > TRIM is keyword, not a function...
> > We have to copy some lines in gram.y
I think that having trim as a keyword is a problem. The primary virtue of
postgres is that everything is either a function or a type and as such is
definable by the user and resolved at runtime. Making a keyword out of a
function spoils that capability.
-dg
David Gould dg@illustra.com 510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468
Informix Software (No, really) 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612
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