Re: functional call named notation clashes with SQL feature

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> So as far as I can tell, no one is opposed to replacing "expr AS name"
> >> with "name := expr" in the named-parameter syntax.  Obviously we had
> >> better get this done before beta2.  Is anyone actually working on the
> >> code/docs changes?  If not, I'll pick it up.
> 
> > If we eventually are going to want to support the ANSI standard "=>"
> > syntax, I am thinking we should just do it now.  The larger question is
> > what justification do we have of not supporting "=>".
> 
> Not breaking hstore, as well as any third-party modules that might be
> using that operator name.  Did you not absorb any of the discussion
> so far?

Yes, but if we are going to have to honor "=>" eventually, shouldn't we
just do it now?  Supporting := and => seems confusing.

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