Re: Type Categories for User-Defined Types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Type Categories for User-Defined Types
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Msg-id 1551.1217441390@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Type Categories for User-Defined Types  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
Responses Re: Type Categories for User-Defined Types  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> On Jul 30, 2008, at 10:34, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The behavior that's hard-wired into parse_coerce.c at the moment
>> is that only text, varchar, bpchar can be sources or targets of
>> I/O conversions.  While opening it up to citext sounds reasonable,
>> I'm a lot less sure about domains.
>> [ uh, no, actually domains do work here ]
>> So maybe the domain issue isn't so important.

> What about enums?

Er, what about them?  I don't see that they enter into this at all.
        regards, tom lane


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