Re: order of statements in create function

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 07:16:14PM +0200, Markus Bertheau wrote:

> why does everyone write
>
> CREATE FUNCTION foo() RETURNS INTEGER AS '
> blah blah
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> I've never seen for example:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION foo()
>     RETURNS INTEGER
>     LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
>     AS '
> blah blah
> ';
>
> Is there a special reason to this? I have a hard time believing that
> everyone does it the same way by coincidence.

I think previous versions only allowed the language specification at the
end.  I got used to putting it before the function text though, so if
you are able to read something written by me you'd see that.

That was your point, wasn't it?

--
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"In fact, the basic problem with Perl 5's subroutines is that they're not
crufty enough, so the cruft leaks out into user-defined code instead, by
the Conservation of Cruft Principle."  (Larry Wall, Apocalypse 6)