On 18 November 2014 01:00, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/14, 4:58 PM, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Great, looks good to me, marking as ready for committer.
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>> What is wrong with using IF ?
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>
> It's a hell of a lot wordier. I've previously created a more sophisticated
> "assert" framework to allow more control over things, but ended up also
> using it just for simple sanity checking because it was much nicer than
> typeing IF THEN RAISE ERROR END IF.
Why is that not a requirement for a less wordier form of IF?
IF (something) THEN action
Why is this problem specific to RAISE?
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