Hi,

Petr Jelinek <pjmo...@pjmodos.net> writes:
> I attached current version of the patch. I don't expect this to get
> committed or anything, but I'd like other eyes to take a look at it.

I'm reviewing this patch, and have early questions that might allow for
a quick returned with little feedback and much work...

Patch applies cleanly and build cleanly too, basic examples are working
fine. The problem is the following:

dim=# do $$begin select 'foo'; end;$$;
ERROR:  query has no destination for result data
HINT:  If you want to discard the results of a SELECT, use PERFORM instead.
CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "inline" line 1 at SQL statement

Here's an example not so simple as to being meaningless:

  do $$
  declare v text := current_setting('server_version'); 
  begin
   case when v ~ '8.5' then select 'foo'; else select 'bar'; end case; 
  end;$$;

And while this works:

  dim=# do $$ declare i integer; begin for i in 1..10 loop raise notice '%', i; 
end loop; end;$$;

One might want to have this working too:

  do returns setof integer as $$declare i integer; begin for i in 1..10 loop 
return next; end;$$;

So here are the major points about this patch:

 - it's missing the returns declaration syntax (default value could be
   returns void?)

 - it would be much more friendly to users if it had a default output
   for queries, the returned object seems a good fit

Regards,
-- 
dim

PS: I'll go mark as returned with feedback but intend to complete this
review in the following days, by having a look at the code and
documentation. Unless beaten to it, as I won't be able to give accurate
guidance for pursuing effort.

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