Re: "name" vs "alias" in datatype table

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: eric(at)aquameta(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "name" vs "alias" in datatype table
Date: 2023-11-29 13:40:19
Message-ID: 83419ce9-e2ba-46e9-aaff-f6bbe448a327@eisentraut.org
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On 23.11.23 21:51, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> I think there could be some clarification of what is a "name" vs. "alias" on
> the datatypes table. Right now, what's in the "Aliases" column is sometimes
> postgres's internal type (e.g. `pg_catalog.int4`), and sometimes the "pretty
> name", (e.g. `integer`).

This appears not to be true. `integer` is not listed as an alias.

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