Multiple anyelement types

From: ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Multiple anyelement types
Date: 2008-08-11 09:31:40
Message-ID: 20080811181203.9A32.52131E4D@oss.ntt.co.jp
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I'm working on improvements of orafce.
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/orafce

I found postgres supports only one type of anyelement at one time
when I added nvl2() and decode(). I'd like to use multiple types of
anyelement something like:

template < typename Expr, typename Ret >
CREATE FUNCTION nvl(Expr, Ret, Ret) RETURNS Ret

template < typename Expr, typename Ret >
CREATE FUNCTION decode(Expr, Expr, Ret, ..., Ret) RETURNS Ret

I don't mean to propose the above C++-like syntax, but such feature
is important to develop a generic porting tool. Two independent
anyelements are enough for me, but three or more might be better
for general use.

What syntax is suitable for postgres? Comments welcome.

Regards,
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ITAGAKI Takahiro
NTT Open Source Software Center

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