Jon Jensen <jon@endpoint.com> writes:
> Is there a reason not to use here documents?
The $$FOO proposal I put forward earlier was consciously modeled on
here-documents. We cannot use exactly the shell syntax for
here-documents, though, mainly because we already have meaning assigned
to strings like <<' (<< is already a standard operator, and the ' could
be the start of an ordinary literal).
I would definitely like to see us adopt a proposal that is like
here-documents to the extent that there's a family of possible
terminator markers and not only one. But we'll have to adjust the
syntax a little bit. If you don't like $$FOO, what else comes to mind?
regards, tom lane