requiring aliases for projected expressions (was: Re: Views on the outcomes of F2F)

>  > **  Do expressions always need to be aliased to a named variable?
>  > Mild consensus that aliases should be required.
> 
> Disagree mildly.  Prefer to allow engine invent them.  For 
> results-on-wire, must be a legal variable.  For API, who cares?

Since all of the feelings here seem to be mild, I'd be happy to let this 
be decided by straw poll or by editors. Does anyone feel strongly one 
way or the other on this issue?

Lee

Received on Friday, 13 November 2009 04:49:42 UTC