Re: Should we still require RETURN in plpgsql?

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>> While it is useless in this example, istm it only makes things more
>> confusing to require return in some cases but not in others.  Is there
>> some technical advantage to dropping it?
>
> It's about the same either way as far as the code is concerned.  But
> I've only written a dozen or so plpgsql functions using OUT parameters,
> and I've already found having to write a useless RETURN to be tedious
> (not to mention that I forgot it a couple times).  I don't think I'll be
> the last one complaining if we leave in the requirement.
>
> Basically the requirement exists to make sure you don't forget to define
> the return value.  But when you're using OUT parameters, the existence
> of a RETURN statement has nothing to do with defining the return value.

what if not require RETURN iff OUT parameter is defined ?


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