Re: typemode for variable types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: typemode for variable types
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Msg-id 20140224202410.GT4759@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: typemode for variable types  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: typemode for variable types  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian escribió:
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 07:50:08AM +0330, Mohsen SM wrote:
> > Hello.
> > I have a new type similar to varchar.
> > I want to fine how did I can to calculate typemod
> > and where must I calculate typemod for this type.
> 
> Well, typmods are type-specific, so there is no official way to
> calculate it.  I would look at how an existing type uses typmod and copy
> that.

Our system is pretty neat.  See a complex example here:
https://github.com/postgis/postgis/blob/svn-trunk/postgis/gserialized_typmod.c

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