Re: Keeping CURRENT_DATE and similar constructs in original format

On Thursday, May 12, 2016, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com <javascript:;>> writes:
> > On Thursday, May 12, 2016, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us <javascript:;>
> > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us <javascript:;>');>>
> wrote:
> >> (I'm not particularly in love with the node type name
> >> ValueFunction; anybody got a better idea?)
>
> > SQL99DateTimeFunction (or roughly whenever they were introduced)?
>
> Some of them aren't datetime-related, though. I thought about
> NiladicFunction but it seemed maybe too technical.
>
>
The time ones taking precision confuse things a bit but my first reaction
was positive. It is readily grepable. I'd rather have that over
ValueFunction.

David J.