Re: "create function... depends on extension..." not supported. Why?

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general list <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "create function... depends on extension..." not supported. Why?
Date: 2022-04-27 00:44:14
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZ8HZf8oJ=e_gD6wrkzrJBesvaKPERvJVUdoSQ2kCruoQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 5:22 PM Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com> wrote:

> Note: I’m asking because the answer to the question “Why isn’t X
> supported?” is always useful. For example, if supporting it would imply a
> logical impossibility that I’m too slow to spot, it helps me when someone
> explains what I failed to realize. Equally, it helps me to know when the
> answer is “It’s just a historical accident. It could have been supported.
> But, now that it isn’t, it doesn’t seem worth the effort to bridge that
> gap” because this shows me that my existing mental model is sound.
>

Here is the commit that brought the feature into existence (it includes a
link to the archives for discussion from which you can read or infer
things).

https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/f2fcad27d59c8e5c48f8fa0a96c8355e40f24273

David J.

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