Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> We've got a mix of styles for extensible options right now:
That we do.
> So COPY puts the options at the very end, but EXPLAIN and VACUUM put
> them right after the command name. I prefer the latter style and
> would vote to adopt it here.
Meh. Options-at-the-end seems by far the most sensible style to me.
The options-right-after-the-keyword style is a mess, both logically
and from a parsing standpoint, and the only reason we have it at all
is historical artifact (ask Bruce about the origins of VACUUM ANALYZE
over a beer sometime).
Still, I can't help noticing that I'm being outvoted. I'll shut up now.
regards, tom lane