Re: Remaining 'needs review' patchs in July commitfest

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On 07/28/2015 01:22 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>>> dblink: add polymorphic result functions
>>>
>>> Seems pretty ugly to me to add a dummy argument to functions,
>>> just so that you can specify the result type. The problem it's
>>> trying to solve is real, though. Should we take it as it is, or
>>> wait for some cleaner approach?
>>
>> Put like that, it does sound quite ugly. I take it we have no
>> better alternative proposed?
>
> Joe Conway suggested a more generic approach here:
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/559A9643.9070409@joeconway.com.
> I'm not sure why that was not pursued. It certainly seems better to
> me.

I really think the second approach in that email is the right way to
go. Is there any benefit we get from the dblink specific hack that we
don't get via the cast?

I guess it is just be a matter of someone getting around to making it
happen. I can put it on my list of things to do, but probably will not
get to looking at it for at least a few more weeks.

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Joe Conway
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