On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Robert Haas escribió:
>
>> Really, I think we need a type system that doesn't try to represent
>> every type as a 32-bit integer. Right now, for example, there's no
>> reasonable way to write a function that takes another function as an
>> argument.
>
> Function references would be neat -- I remember wanting to use these a
> couple of times (map/reduce?)
Yeah, I recall having a want for that as well, though I can't
remember what the use case was now. :/
Though that kind of flexibility is probably the most complete
solution, going with the idea of anyelement(N) might be a lot more
practical...
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