2008/12/12 David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>:
> On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> So I think that really this is never going to fly unless it uses a
>> keyword-looking reserved word. And we're not going to take some short
>> word that's not reserved now and suddenly make it so. So, despite
>> Pavel's objection that the AS syntax proposal might be confused with
>> other uses of AS, I seriously doubt that any proposal is going to get
>> accepted that doesn't recycle AS or some other existing reserved word.
when I should exactly identify param name, the we should to use any symbols.
>
> I'm okay with AS if that's the way it has to be, but what about a colon
> right at the end of the label? A cast is two colons, so no conflict there:
>
> SELECT foo(1, name: 'bar', quantity: 10);
it's look well, but I still prefer some combination with =
name: = ''
name: => '''
:name = ''
$name => ..
$name = ..
Maybe I am too conservative
Pavel
>
> No doubt I'm missing something…
>
> Best
>
> David