Re: Compatibility types, type aliases, and distinct types

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Compatibility types, type aliases, and distinct types
Date: 2008-08-18 18:17:19
Message-ID: 200808182117.20704.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Monday 18 August 2008 17:26:16 Tom Lane wrote:
> > This feature by itself could be quite useful, and then we could simply
> > add something like
> > CREATE TYPE newtype AS oldtype WITH CASTS;
>
> This seems like a great way to get lost in "ambiguous function" hell ...

I don't understand this point. No new overloaded functions are being defined.

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