Re: [HACKERS] Doccumentation Patch for Create Function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Doccumentation Patch for Create Function
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Msg-id 199909280432.AAA00946@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Doccumentation Patch for Create Function  (Bernard Frankpitt <frankpit@pop.dn.net>)
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> Hi all,
> 
> Please find attached diffs to the documentation that are intended to
> accompany the CREATE FUNCTION patch that I submitted earlier.  I stuck
> with the syntax in the original patch rather than the alternative
> syntax suggested by Andreas. 
> 
> When I was altering the xfunc.sgml page I came across this:
> 
>       <title>Name Space Conflicts</title>
>   
>       <para>
>       As of <productname>Postgres</productname> v6.5,
>       <command>CREATE FUNCTION</command> can decouple a C language
>       function name from the name of the entry point. This is now the
>       preferred technique to accomplish function overloading.
>       </para>
> 
> which seems to suggest that someone had a similar idea in the past.  I
> could find no evidence of this functionality in the 6.5 code though
> 
> Bernard Frankpitt

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