Re: multiple CREATE FUNCTION AS items for PLs

On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 13:03 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Sure, but wouldn't it be cleaner to do that via some language-specific
> syntax inside the function string?  I'm imagining some syntax like
> 
>         CREATE FUNCTION ... AS $$
>         global[ some definitions here ]
>         function code here
>         $$;
> 
> where the PL would be responsible for pulling off the "global" chunk
> and structuring what it outputs accordingly.

But then the language text wouldn't be Python anymore.