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Re: [pgsql-general 2011-1-21:] Are there any projects interested in object functionality? (+ rule bases)

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Nick Rudnick <joerg.rudnick@t-online.de>, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-02-01T15:14:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> The SQL standard has the <method invocation> clause that appears to
> allow:
>
>    ...something.column.method(args)
>
> Good luck finding out how to interpret the dots, but it's specified
> somewhere.

My head just exploded.

> It'd be kind of nice as a syntax and namespacing alternative, actually,
> but figuring out the compatibility problems would be a headache.

No joke.

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