Re: pl/pgsql feature request: shorthand for argument and local variable references

On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 05:12:10PM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> Yes, this has a benefit just for plpgsql. I can imagine a little bit
> different API of plpgsql that allows more direct calls than now. For example
>
> static PLpgSQL_function *
> do_compile(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo,
> <--><-->   HeapTuple procTup,
> <--><-->   PLpgSQL_function *function,
> <--><-->   PLpgSQL_func_hashkey *hashkey,
> <--><-->   bool forValidator)
> {
>
> if the function do_compile will be public, and if there will be new
> argument - compile_options, then can easily force these options, and is
> relatively easy to reuse plpgsql as base for own language.
>
> It can be interesting for plpgsql_check too. But I am not sure if it is too
> strong an argument for Tom :)

I think that it would be sensible to do something along those lines.
Especially if it allows better static analysis for tools like plpgsql_check.
But that's definitely out of this patch's scope, and not pg14 material.