>> From a language definition perspective, it is helpful to have a name for
>> every case instead of an implicit fallback, without any word to describe
>> it. See for instance "CREATE USER CREATEDB/NOCREATEDB" or "CREATE RULE ...
>> DO ALSO/INSTEAD" for similar occurences of naming default cases.
>
> Oddly enough, we did add the DO ALSO syntax much later, and no one
> complained about that, as far as I recall.
I complained:-) and I submitted the patch then, AFAICR.
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Fabien.