Re: TODO: Add a GUC to control whether BEGIN inside

On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 13:52 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > I would say that a GUC variable for such behavior as listed in the TODO
> > is overzealous. We should either enforce it, or not. As we do not now,
> > there is no reason imo to change it.
> 
> Not only is it overzealous, but the proposal to have one reflects a
> failure to learn from history.  GUC variables that change
> transaction-boundary semantics are a bad idea, period: see autocommit.

Nod. Let's get this TODO removed.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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>             regards, tom lane
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