From: | "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] regproc fix |
Date: | 1998-10-02 16:23:10 |
Message-ID: | 3614FDEE.50A0C17B@alumni.caltech.edu |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > > > One remaining problem is that you have to supply the oid in
> > > > > quotes, because regproc has to get a string, not an int. Perhaps
> > > > > we need another regprocin that allows int4 or char*, but I don't
> > > > > think you can allow two input functions for a type.
> > > > > Perhaps we can just leave it. We also output the proname, even if
> > > > > they used the oid as input.
> > > > The int4 vs. string issue would be easily solved by having a routine
> > > > regproc(int4), which the new type coersion stuff would use
> > > > automatically.
> But no one really assigns regproc fields. They usually do it through
> CREATE FUNCTION, and that would still require the quotes, so is it
> worth making that exception?
If you don't think so, no! ;-)
- Tom
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