Re: patch: Add JSON datatype to PostgreSQL (GSoC, WIP)

Excerpts from Joseph Adams's message of mar ago 10 04:03:43 -0400 2010:

> An overview, along with my thoughts, of the utility functions:
>
> FN_EXTRA, FN_EXTRA_ALLOC, FN_MCXT macros
> * Useful-ometer: ()--------------------o
>
> TypeInfo structure and getTypeInfo function
> * Useful-ometer: ()---------------------------o
>
> getEnumLabelOids
> * Useful-ometer: ()-----------------------------------o

I think this kind of thing could be stripped from the patch and
submitted separately; they would presumably see a quick review and
commit if they are small and useful (particularly if you can show a
decrease of code verbosity by switching other uses in the existing
code).

The advantage is you don't have to keep arguing for their usefulness in
the JSON patch; and if they turn out to be rejected, they won't cause
the JSON patch to be rejected as a whole.

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