| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RfD: more powerful "any" types |
| Date: | 2009-09-10 20:07:29 |
| Message-ID: | B3450C6B-9ABE-434F-B4D1-92B11721350F@kineticode.com |
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On Sep 10, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> SELECT sprintf('some %d', 10::mycustomtype)
>
> For the formats that presume an integer or float input in C, perhaps
> we could coerce to numeric (failing if that fails) and then print
> appropriately. Or maybe int or float8 would be more appropriate
> conversion targets.
Don't forget type categories, which could dictate useful defaults.
Best,
David
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