Re: Is this really really as designed or defined in some standard

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:55:21AM +0300, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> It seems that we allow several function arguments to have same 
> name (or is it label :)

Ugh!

> hannu=# create or replace function ff(a int, a int) returns int language
> plpgsql as $$begin return $1+$2; end;$$;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> hannu=# select ff(1,1);
>  ff 
> ----
>   2
> (1 row)
> 
> hannu=# select ff(1,2);
>  ff 
> ----
>   3
> (1 row)
> 
> hannu=# create or replace function ffa(a int, a int) returns int
> language plpgsql as $$begin return a + a; end;$$;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> hannu=# select ffa(1,2);
>  ffa 
> -----
>    2
> (1 row)
> 
> Is this defined by some standard or just an oversight ?

This looks like a bug.

Cheers,
David.
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