Re: [rfc] new CREATE FUNCTION (and more)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [rfc] new CREATE FUNCTION (and more)
Date: 2000-11-17 04:40:48
Message-ID: 11660.974436048@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Not at all. The call is, as you point out, defining the protocl for
> enquiry. Nothing more. With 7.1, the process above is sufficient. There is
> no need to call *in this version* because pg_fmgr_api_version returns
> enough information when combined with the existence of a well-defined entry
> point. Future versions would need to call the entry point, I would expect.

Well, I was planning to go ahead and call the entry point anyway, just
so that it could tell me "it's an old-style function" if it wanted to.
Not sure that'll ever happen in practice, but that case ought to work
IMHO.

regards, tom lane

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