Re: Out parameters handling

Robert,

> I wonder whether it would be possible to make PL/pgsql take :foo to
> mean the parameter named foo, and then provide an option to make that
> THE ONLY WAY to refer to the parameter foo.  For
> backward-compatibility, and compatibility with (ahem) other database
> products, we probably don't want to remove the option to have foo
> mean... any damn thing named foo you can put your hands on.  But it
> would be nice to at least have the option of disabling that behavior
> when compatibility is not an issue, and correctness is.

Thing is, anybody can institute their own naming convention.  I've long 
used v_ as a prefix.  Allowing : would save me some keystrokes, but 
that's about it.

--Josh