Re: RFC for adding typmods to functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: RFC for adding typmods to functions
Date
Msg-id 4B0322B1.6070202@dunslane.net
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In response to RFC for adding typmods to functions  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: RFC for adding typmods to functions
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Pavel submitted a patch to add typmods to function declarations, but there
> was no prior design discussion and it desperately needs some.  Let me try
> to summarize the issues that seem to need agreement.
>
>   

[excellent summary of problem areas snipped]

> Unless we have consensus on all of these points I don't think we should
> proceed with the patch.  Comments?
>
>             
>   

Apart from all these it's not clear to me what the major benefits of 
doing this would be. I'd like an explanation of that to start with.

cheers

andrew


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