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 19842.1217447909@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 11:09, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> What about enums?
>> 
>> Er, what about them?  I don't see that they enter into this at all.

> Well, from a user's point of view, they're pretty much just strings�

But they're a very restricted set of strings; I can't see that there's
any general-purpose use for allowing them as the source or destination
of I/O conversions.
        regards, tom lane


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