Re: BUG #5136: Please drop the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION ...

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:

> On l=F6r, 2009-10-24 at 14:01 +0000, Timothy Madden wrote:
> > Can the string literal syntax for CREATE FUNCTION please, please be
> dropped
> > ... ?
>
[...]

> > It is not ANSI/ISO and so annoying for compatibility.
>
> Whatever is inside the string literal is also not ANSI/ISO, so why would
> it make a difference?
>
> At least the function declaration syntax would be right. I think it would
be an important difference; this string literal idea is so strange and
unnatural ...

And why the function body would not be standard ? Do you mean it can never
be for some reason ? How about a simple function ?

Thank you,
Timothy Madden