Re: [HACKERS] merging some features from plpgsql2 project

On 1/10/17 12:06 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> A check how much rows was impacted by query is relative often task. So
> we can do this task more user friendly.
> 
> Second motivation - ROW_COUNT is working for static and for dynamic SQL
> - it can be partial replace of FOUND variable.

What is stopping anyone from claiming that their favorite diagnostic
item is also a relatively often task and request it to become an
automatic variable?  Where does it stop?

It's not like PL/pgSQL is the king of brevity.  Creating inconsistent
and arbitrary warts to save a few characters does not appear appealing.

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