Re: WIP: default values for function parameters

"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> Hrm. I can see that, I guess. In that case, though, I think I'd prefer  
> the colon at the beginning of the parameter label:

>    SELECT foo( :bar => 'ick', :baz => 'ack' );

That's ugly, and incompatible with ecpg syntax, and what's the redeeming
value anyway?

In any case, whichever side you put the colon on, Pavel's proposal for
adding => to it is a nonstarter --- he's ignoring the possibility that
=> is defined as a prefix operator.

Hmm ... actually, ecpg might be a problem here anyway.  I know it has
special meaning for :name, but does it allow space between the colon
and the name?  If it does then the colon syntax loses.  If it doesn't
then you could do "name: value" as long as you were careful to leave
a space after the colon.
        regards, tom lane