Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: missing commas in IN( ) ignored; bracketing entries ignored

> Problem Description:
> --------------------
> In psql, if a list of entries in an IN ( ) statement is
> split across several lines, missing commas are not flagged as errors,
> but the entries immediately before and after the missing comma
> are ignored
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Test Case:
> ----------
> The following sql shows the problem.  Note the missing comma between
> the 'c' and 'd' lines in the IN( ) clause.  The query
> should return no rows.
>
> drop table test;
>
> create table test ( s text );
>
> insert into test values ( 'a' );
> insert into test values ( 'b' );
> insert into test values ( 'c' );
> insert into test values ( 'd' );
> insert into test values ( 'e' );
>
>
>
> select
>     s
> from
>     test
> where
>     s not in (
>     'a',
>     'b',
>     'c'
>     'd',
>     'e'
>     )
> order by s
> ;

That is the strangest parser problem I have seen in quite some time.

Does anyone want to guess on a cause?

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