Re: Variadic polymorpic functions

From: Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo(dot)romano(at)notorand(dot)it>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Variadic polymorpic functions
Date: 2010-01-22 18:48:03
Message-ID: 3eff28921001221048v79918843v3350f493e0d74fe5@mail.gmail.com
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2010/1/22 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo(dot)romano(at)notorand(dot)it> writes:
>>> I think "variadic any" is exactly it, but too lazy to go look.
>
>> I fear there's no way!
>
>> tmp1=# CREATE FUNCTION q( fmt text, variadic args any )
>
> More like this:
>
> regression=# CREATE FUNCTION q( fmt text, variadic args "any" )
> regression-# RETURNS void
> regression-# LANGUAGE plpgsql
> regression-# AS $function$
> regression$# declare
> regression$# begin
> regression$# end;
> regression$# $function$;
> ERROR:  PL/pgSQL functions cannot accept type "any"
>
> ANY without quotes is a reserved word ...
>

And this would allow for a stdarg-like argument list?

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Vincenzo Romano
NotOrAnd Information Technologies
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