Re: [REVIEW] Patch for cursor calling with named parameters

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Royce Ausburn <royce.ml@inomial.com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, yebhavinga@gmail.com
Date: 2011-10-06T17:37:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> On Oct 6, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> +1.  However, if that's the route we're traveling down, I think we had
>>> better go ahead and remove the one remaining => operator from hstore
>>> in 9.2:

>> Fair enough.

> Would it then be added as an alias for := for named function parameters? Or would that come still later?

Once we do that, it will be impossible not merely deprecated to use =>
as an operator name.  I think that has to wait at least another release
cycle or two past where we're using it ourselves.

			regards, tom lane