Re: Support for %TYPE in CREATE FUNCTION

> > I return to the question of whether the Postgres development team is
> > interested in support for %TYPE. If the team is not interested, then
> > I'm wasting my time. I'm seeing a no from you and Tom Lane, and a
> > maybe from Bruce Momjian.
>
> I don't say we shouldn't have support for %TYPE. But if we
> have it, ppl will assume it tracks later schema changes, but
> with what I've seen so far it either could have severe side
> effects on other languages or just doesn't do it. A change
> like %TYPE support is a little too fundamental to get this
> quick yes/no decision just in a few days.

Can't we just throw a NOTICE and let them do it. Seems harmless to me.

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