Does SQL standard allows whitespace between function names and parenthesis

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Published on 2010-03-23T16:25:25Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 16:43 UTC
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Checking few RDBMS I find that things like

SELECT COUNT (a), SUM (b)  
FROM TABLE

are allowed (notice space between aggregate functions and parenthesis).

Could anyone provide a pointer to SQL standard itself where this is defined (any version will do)?

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