Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> writes:
> Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> napsal:
>> Yeah, that's what I said.  But does it really add anything beyond the
>> proposed text "A function returning a polymorphic type must have at least
>> one matching polymorphic argument"?  I don't think it'd be terribly
>> helpful to say "A function returning anyelement must have at least one
>> anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange argument", and
>> for sure such an error message would be a pain to maintain.

> The error message in your first patch is ok for all types without anyrange.
> A behave of this type is more strict and +/- different than from other
> polymorphic types.

Well, here's a version that does it like that, but personally I find these
messages too verbose and not an improvement on what I had before.

(This is also rebased over the stuff I committed yesterday.)

                        regards, tom lane

diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c
index 0b7face..7d887ea 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ AggregateCreate(const char *aggName,
 	Oid			mfinalfn = InvalidOid;	/* can be omitted */
 	Oid			sortop = InvalidOid;	/* can be omitted */
 	Oid		   *aggArgTypes = parameterTypes->values;
-	bool		hasPolyArg;
-	bool		hasInternalArg;
 	bool		mtransIsStrict = false;
 	Oid			rettype;
 	Oid			finaltype;
@@ -103,6 +101,7 @@ AggregateCreate(const char *aggName,
 	int			nargs_finalfn;
 	Oid			procOid;
 	TupleDesc	tupDesc;
+	char	   *detailmsg;
 	int			i;
 	ObjectAddress myself,
 				referenced;
@@ -131,36 +130,33 @@ AggregateCreate(const char *aggName,
 							   FUNC_MAX_ARGS - 1,
 							   FUNC_MAX_ARGS - 1)));
 
-	/* check for polymorphic and INTERNAL arguments */
-	hasPolyArg = false;
-	hasInternalArg = false;
-	for (i = 0; i < numArgs; i++)
-	{
-		if (IsPolymorphicType(aggArgTypes[i]))
-			hasPolyArg = true;
-		else if (aggArgTypes[i] == INTERNALOID)
-			hasInternalArg = true;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If transtype is polymorphic, must have polymorphic argument also; else
 	 * we will have no way to deduce the actual transtype.
 	 */
-	if (IsPolymorphicType(aggTransType) && !hasPolyArg)
+	detailmsg = check_valid_polymorphic_signature(aggTransType,
+												  aggArgTypes,
+												  numArgs);
+	if (detailmsg)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
 				 errmsg("cannot determine transition data type"),
-				 errdetail("An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.")));
+				 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Likewise for moving-aggregate transtype, if any
 	 */
-	if (OidIsValid(aggmTransType) &&
-		IsPolymorphicType(aggmTransType) && !hasPolyArg)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
-				 errmsg("cannot determine transition data type"),
-				 errdetail("An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.")));
+	if (OidIsValid(aggmTransType))
+	{
+		detailmsg = check_valid_polymorphic_signature(aggmTransType,
+													  aggArgTypes,
+													  numArgs);
+		if (detailmsg)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
+					 errmsg("cannot determine transition data type"),
+					 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * An ordered-set aggregate that is VARIADIC must be VARIADIC ANY.  In
@@ -492,12 +488,14 @@ AggregateCreate(const char *aggName,
 	 * that itself violates the rule against polymorphic result with no
 	 * polymorphic input.)
 	 */
-	if (IsPolymorphicType(finaltype) && !hasPolyArg)
+	detailmsg = check_valid_polymorphic_signature(finaltype,
+												  aggArgTypes,
+												  numArgs);
+	if (detailmsg)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
 				 errmsg("cannot determine result data type"),
-				 errdetail("An aggregate returning a polymorphic type "
-						   "must have at least one polymorphic argument.")));
+				 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
 
 	/*
 	 * Also, the return type can't be INTERNAL unless there's at least one
@@ -505,11 +503,14 @@ AggregateCreate(const char *aggName,
 	 * for regular functions, but at the level of aggregates.  We must test
 	 * this explicitly because we allow INTERNAL as the transtype.
 	 */
-	if (finaltype == INTERNALOID && !hasInternalArg)
+	detailmsg = check_valid_internal_signature(finaltype,
+											   aggArgTypes,
+											   numArgs);
+	if (detailmsg)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
 				 errmsg("unsafe use of pseudo-type \"internal\""),
-				 errdetail("A function returning \"internal\" must have at least one \"internal\" argument.")));
+				 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
 
 	/*
 	 * If a moving-aggregate implementation is supplied, look up its finalfn
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c
index 423fd79..0cac936 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
+#include "parser/parse_coerce.h"
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
 #include "tcop/pquery.h"
 #include "tcop/tcopprot.h"
@@ -97,12 +98,6 @@ ProcedureCreate(const char *procedureName,
 	int			allParamCount;
 	Oid		   *allParams;
 	char	   *paramModes = NULL;
-	bool		genericInParam = false;
-	bool		genericOutParam = false;
-	bool		anyrangeInParam = false;
-	bool		anyrangeOutParam = false;
-	bool		internalInParam = false;
-	bool		internalOutParam = false;
 	Oid			variadicType = InvalidOid;
 	Acl		   *proacl = NULL;
 	Relation	rel;
@@ -116,6 +111,7 @@ ProcedureCreate(const char *procedureName,
 	bool		is_update;
 	ObjectAddress myself,
 				referenced;
+	char	   *detailmsg;
 	int			i;
 	Oid			trfid;
 
@@ -178,29 +174,34 @@ ProcedureCreate(const char *procedureName,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Detect whether we have polymorphic or INTERNAL arguments.  The first
-	 * loop checks input arguments, the second output arguments.
+	 * Do not allow polymorphic return type unless there is a polymorphic
+	 * input argument that we can use to deduce the actual return type.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < parameterCount; i++)
-	{
-		switch (parameterTypes->values[i])
-		{
-			case ANYARRAYOID:
-			case ANYELEMENTOID:
-			case ANYNONARRAYOID:
-			case ANYENUMOID:
-				genericInParam = true;
-				break;
-			case ANYRANGEOID:
-				genericInParam = true;
-				anyrangeInParam = true;
-				break;
-			case INTERNALOID:
-				internalInParam = true;
-				break;
-		}
-	}
+	detailmsg = check_valid_polymorphic_signature(returnType,
+												  parameterTypes->values,
+												  parameterCount);
+	if (detailmsg)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
+				 errmsg("cannot determine result data type"),
+				 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
 
+	/*
+	 * Also, do not allow return type INTERNAL unless at least one input
+	 * argument is INTERNAL.
+	 */
+	detailmsg = check_valid_internal_signature(returnType,
+											   parameterTypes->values,
+											   parameterCount);
+	if (detailmsg)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
+				 errmsg("unsafe use of pseudo-type \"internal\""),
+				 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
+
+	/*
+	 * Apply the same tests to any OUT arguments.
+	 */
 	if (allParameterTypes != PointerGetDatum(NULL))
 	{
 		for (i = 0; i < allParamCount; i++)
@@ -210,52 +211,26 @@ ProcedureCreate(const char *procedureName,
 				paramModes[i] == PROARGMODE_VARIADIC)
 				continue;		/* ignore input-only params */
 
-			switch (allParams[i])
-			{
-				case ANYARRAYOID:
-				case ANYELEMENTOID:
-				case ANYNONARRAYOID:
-				case ANYENUMOID:
-					genericOutParam = true;
-					break;
-				case ANYRANGEOID:
-					genericOutParam = true;
-					anyrangeOutParam = true;
-					break;
-				case INTERNALOID:
-					internalOutParam = true;
-					break;
-			}
+			detailmsg = check_valid_polymorphic_signature(allParams[i],
+														  parameterTypes->values,
+														  parameterCount);
+			if (detailmsg)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
+						 errmsg("cannot determine result data type"),
+						 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
+			detailmsg = check_valid_internal_signature(allParams[i],
+													   parameterTypes->values,
+													   parameterCount);
+			if (detailmsg)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
+						 errmsg("unsafe use of pseudo-type \"internal\""),
+						 errdetail_internal("%s", detailmsg)));
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Do not allow polymorphic return type unless at least one input argument
-	 * is polymorphic.  ANYRANGE return type is even stricter: must have an
-	 * ANYRANGE input (since we can't deduce the specific range type from
-	 * ANYELEMENT).  Also, do not allow return type INTERNAL unless at least
-	 * one input argument is INTERNAL.
-	 */
-	if ((IsPolymorphicType(returnType) || genericOutParam)
-		&& !genericInParam)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
-				 errmsg("cannot determine result data type"),
-				 errdetail("A function returning a polymorphic type must have at least one polymorphic argument.")));
-
-	if ((returnType == ANYRANGEOID || anyrangeOutParam) &&
-		!anyrangeInParam)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
-				 errmsg("cannot determine result data type"),
-				 errdetail("A function returning \"anyrange\" must have at least one \"anyrange\" argument.")));
-
-	if ((returnType == INTERNALOID || internalOutParam) && !internalInParam)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION),
-				 errmsg("unsafe use of pseudo-type \"internal\""),
-				 errdetail("A function returning \"internal\" must have at least one \"internal\" argument.")));
-
+	/* Identify variadic argument type, if any */
 	if (paramModes != NULL)
 	{
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 4a2b463..7a9b303 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -1966,6 +1966,77 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 	return rettype;
 }
 
+/*
+ * check_valid_polymorphic_signature()
+ *		Is a proposed function signature valid per polymorphism rules?
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if the signature is valid (either ret_type is not polymorphic,
+ * or it can be deduced from the given declared argument types).  Otherwise,
+ * returns a palloc'd, already translated errdetail string saying why not.
+ */
+char *
+check_valid_polymorphic_signature(Oid ret_type,
+								  const Oid *declared_arg_types,
+								  int nargs)
+{
+	if (ret_type == ANYRANGEOID)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * ANYRANGE requires an ANYRANGE input, else we can't tell which of
+		 * several range types with the same element type to use.
+		 */
+		for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+		{
+			if (declared_arg_types[i] == ret_type)
+				return NULL;	/* OK */
+		}
+		return psprintf(_("A result of type %s requires at least one input of type %s."),
+						format_type_be(ret_type), format_type_be(ret_type));
+	}
+	else if (IsPolymorphicType(ret_type))
+	{
+		/* Otherwise, any polymorphic type can be deduced from any other */
+		for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+		{
+			if (IsPolymorphicType(declared_arg_types[i]))
+				return NULL;	/* OK */
+		}
+		return psprintf(_("A result of type %s requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange."),
+						format_type_be(ret_type));
+	}
+	else
+		return NULL;			/* OK, ret_type is not polymorphic */
+}
+
+/*
+ * check_valid_internal_signature()
+ *		Is a proposed function signature valid per INTERNAL safety rules?
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if OK, or a suitable error message if ret_type is INTERNAL but
+ * none of the declared arg types are.  (It's unsafe to create such a function
+ * since it would allow invocation of INTERNAL-consuming functions directly
+ * from SQL.)  It's overkill to return the error detail message, since there
+ * is only one possibility, but we do it like this to keep the API similar to
+ * check_valid_polymorphic_signature().
+ */
+char *
+check_valid_internal_signature(Oid ret_type,
+							   const Oid *declared_arg_types,
+							   int nargs)
+{
+	if (ret_type == INTERNALOID)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+		{
+			if (declared_arg_types[i] == ret_type)
+				return NULL;	/* OK */
+		}
+		return pstrdup(_("A result of type internal requires at least one input of type internal."));
+	}
+	else
+		return NULL;			/* OK, ret_type is not INTERNAL */
+}
+
 
 /* TypeCategory()
  *		Assign a category to the specified type OID.
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
index ff9219d..8686eaa 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_coerce.h
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ extern Oid	enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 											 Oid rettype,
 											 bool allow_poly);
 
+extern char *check_valid_polymorphic_signature(Oid ret_type,
+											   const Oid *declared_arg_types,
+											   int nargs);
+extern char *check_valid_internal_signature(Oid ret_type,
+											const Oid *declared_arg_types,
+											int nargs);
+
 extern CoercionPathType find_coercion_pathway(Oid targetTypeId,
 											  Oid sourceTypeId,
 											  CoercionContext ccontext,
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out b/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out
index 986417a..1573753 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp01a(*) (SFUNC = stfnp, STYPE = int4[],
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp02a(*) (SFUNC = stfnp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --     N    P
 -- should CREATE
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp03a(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = int4[],
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp03b(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = int4[],
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp04a(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp04b(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = anyarray,
   INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    Case2 (R = P) && ((B = P) || (B = N))
 --    -------------------------------------
 --    S    tf1      B    tf2
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ ERROR:  function tfp(integer[], anyelement) does not exist
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp13a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tfnp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    N        N    P
 -- should ERROR: tf2p(anyarray, int) not matched by tf2p(int[],anyelement)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp14a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tf2p, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    N        P    N
 -- should ERROR: tfnp(anyarray, anyelement) not matched by tfnp(int[],int)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp15a(BASETYPE = anyelement, SFUNC = tfnp,
@@ -174,21 +174,21 @@ ERROR:  function tf2p(anyarray, anyelement) does not exist
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp17a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tf1p, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp17b(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tf1p, STYPE = anyarray,
   INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    P        N    P
 -- should ERROR: tfp(anyarray, int) not matched by tfp(anyarray, anyelement)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp18a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tfp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp18b(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tfp, STYPE = anyarray,
   INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    P        P    N
 -- should ERROR: tf1p(anyarray, anyelement) not matched by tf1p(anyarray, int)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggp19a(BASETYPE = anyelement, SFUNC = tf1p,
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn01b(*) (SFUNC = stfnp, STYPE = int4[],
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn02a(*) (SFUNC = stfnp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffnp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn02b(*) (SFUNC = stfnp, STYPE = anyarray,
   INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --     N    P
 -- should CREATE
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn03a(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = int4[],
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn03a(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = int4[],
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn04a(*) (SFUNC = stfp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffnp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    Case4 (R = N) && ((B = P) || (B = N))
 --    -------------------------------------
 --    S    tf1      B    tf2
@@ -286,21 +286,21 @@ ERROR:  function tfp(integer[], anyelement) does not exist
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn13a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tfnp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffnp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn13b(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tfnp, STYPE = anyarray,
   INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    N        N    P
 -- should ERROR: tf2p(anyarray, int) not matched by tf2p(int[],anyelement)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn14a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tf2p, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffnp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn14b(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tf2p, STYPE = anyarray,
   INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    N        P    N
 -- should ERROR: tfnp(anyarray, anyelement) not matched by tfnp(int[],int)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn15a(BASETYPE = anyelement, SFUNC = tfnp,
@@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ ERROR:  function tf2p(anyarray, anyelement) does not exist
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn17a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tf1p, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffnp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    P        N    P
 -- should ERROR: tfp(anyarray, int) not matched by tfp(anyarray, anyelement)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn18a(BASETYPE = int, SFUNC = tfp, STYPE = anyarray,
   FINALFUNC = ffnp, INITCOND = '{}');
 ERROR:  cannot determine transition data type
-DETAIL:  An aggregate using a polymorphic transition type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyarray requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --    P    P        P    N
 -- should ERROR: tf1p(anyarray, anyelement) not matched by tf1p(anyarray, int)
 CREATE AGGREGATE myaggn19a(BASETYPE = anyelement, SFUNC = tf1p,
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rangefuncs.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rangefuncs.out
index a70060b..cdfc43e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rangefuncs.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rangefuncs.out
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ DROP FUNCTION dup(anyelement);
 CREATE FUNCTION bad (f1 int, out f2 anyelement, out f3 anyarray)
 AS 'select $1, array[$1,$1]' LANGUAGE sql;
 ERROR:  cannot determine result data type
-DETAIL:  A function returning a polymorphic type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyelement requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange.
 --
 -- table functions
 --
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out
index 348235a..a28741a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out
@@ -1371,12 +1371,12 @@ drop function anyarray_anyrange_func(anyarray, anyrange);
 create function bogus_func(anyelement)
   returns anyrange as 'select int4range(1,10)' language sql;
 ERROR:  cannot determine result data type
-DETAIL:  A function returning "anyrange" must have at least one "anyrange" argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyrange requires at least one input of type anyrange.
 -- should fail
 create function bogus_func(int)
   returns anyrange as 'select int4range(1,10)' language sql;
 ERROR:  cannot determine result data type
-DETAIL:  A function returning a polymorphic type must have at least one polymorphic argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyrange requires at least one input of type anyrange.
 create function range_add_bounds(anyrange)
   returns anyelement as 'select lower($1) + upper($1)' language sql;
 select range_add_bounds(int4range(1, 17));
@@ -1521,14 +1521,14 @@ select * from table_succeed(int4range(1,11));
 create function outparam_fail(i anyelement, out r anyrange, out t text)
   as $$ select '[1,10]', 'foo' $$ language sql;
 ERROR:  cannot determine result data type
-DETAIL:  A function returning "anyrange" must have at least one "anyrange" argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyrange requires at least one input of type anyrange.
 --should fail
 create function inoutparam_fail(inout i anyelement, out r anyrange)
   as $$ select $1, '[1,10]' $$ language sql;
 ERROR:  cannot determine result data type
-DETAIL:  A function returning "anyrange" must have at least one "anyrange" argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyrange requires at least one input of type anyrange.
 --should fail
 create function table_fail(i anyelement) returns table(i anyelement, r anyrange)
   as $$ select $1, '[1,10]' $$ language sql;
 ERROR:  cannot determine result data type
-DETAIL:  A function returning "anyrange" must have at least one "anyrange" argument.
+DETAIL:  A result of type anyrange requires at least one input of type anyrange.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 410eaed..6407d3d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -4784,6 +4784,14 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
    </indexterm>
 
    <indexterm zone="datatype-pseudo">
+    <primary>anycompatible</primary>
+   </indexterm>
+
+   <indexterm zone="datatype-pseudo">
+    <primary>anycompatiblearray</primary>
+   </indexterm>
+
+   <indexterm zone="datatype-pseudo">
     <primary>void</primary>
    </indexterm>
 
@@ -4889,6 +4897,34 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
        </row>
 
        <row>
+        <entry><type>anycompatible</type></entry>
+        <entry>Indicates that a function accepts any data type. Values
+        are converted to real common type.
+        (see <xref linkend="extend-types-polymorphic"/>).</entry>
+       </row>
+
+       <row>
+        <entry><type>anycompatiblearray</type></entry>
+        <entry>Indicates that a function accepts any array data type. The
+        elements of array are converted to common type of these values.
+        (see <xref linkend="extend-types-polymorphic"/>).</entry>
+       </row>
+
+       <row>
+        <entry><type>anycompatiblenonarray</type></entry>
+        <entry>Indicates that a function accepts any non-array data type
+        (see <xref linkend="extend-types-polymorphic"/>).</entry>
+       </row>
+
+       <row>
+        <entry><type>anycompatiblerange</type></entry>
+        <entry>Indicates that a function accepts any range data type
+        (see <xref linkend="extend-types-polymorphic"/> and
+        <xref linkend="rangetypes"/>). The subtype can be used for
+        deduction of common type.</entry>
+       </row>
+
+       <row>
         <entry><type>cstring</type></entry>
         <entry>Indicates that a function accepts or returns a null-terminated C string.</entry>
        </row>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
index 9ec1af7..05c0919 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     <para>
      Five pseudo-types of special interest are <type>anyelement</type>,
      <type>anyarray</type>, <type>anynonarray</type>, <type>anyenum</type>,
-     and <type>anyrange</type>,
+     <type>anyrange</type>, <type>anycompatible</type> and <type>anycompatiblearray</type>.
      which are collectively called <firstterm>polymorphic types</firstterm>.
      Any function declared using these types is said to be
      a <firstterm>polymorphic function</firstterm>.  A polymorphic function can
@@ -268,6 +268,15 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
+     Second family of polymorphic types are types <type>anycompatible</type> and
+     <type>anycompatiblearray</type>. These types are similar to types
+     <type>anyelement</type> and <type>anyarray</type>. The arguments declared
+     as <type>anyelement</type> requires same real type of passed values. For
+     <type>anycompatible</type>'s arguments is selected common type, and later
+     all these arguments are casted to this common type.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
      Thus, when more than one argument position is declared with a polymorphic
      type, the net effect is that only certain combinations of actual argument
      types are allowed.  For example, a function declared as
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/index.c b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
index 76fd938..22540bb 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
@@ -404,10 +404,6 @@ ConstructTupleDescriptor(Relation heapRelation,
 		 */
 		keyType = amroutine->amkeytype;
 
-		/*
-		 * Code below is concerned to the opclasses which are not used with
-		 * the included columns.
-		 */
 		if (i < indexInfo->ii_NumIndexKeyAttrs)
 		{
 			tuple = SearchSysCache1(CLAOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(classObjectId[i]));
@@ -422,6 +418,10 @@ ConstructTupleDescriptor(Relation heapRelation,
 			 * If keytype is specified as ANYELEMENT, and opcintype is
 			 * ANYARRAY, then the attribute type must be an array (else it'd
 			 * not have matched this opclass); use its element type.
+			 *
+			 * We could also allow ANYCOMPATIBLE/ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAY here, but
+			 * there seems no need to do so; there's no reason to declare an
+			 * opclass as taking ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAY rather than ANYARRAY.
 			 */
 			if (keyType == ANYELEMENTOID && opclassTup->opcintype == ANYARRAYOID)
 			{
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c
index 0cac936..6cdda35 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_proc.c
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ ProcedureCreate(const char *procedureName,
 						case ANYARRAYOID:
 							variadicType = ANYELEMENTOID;
 							break;
+						case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
+							variadicType = ANYCOMPATIBLEOID;
+							break;
 						default:
 							variadicType = get_element_type(allParams[i]);
 							if (!OidIsValid(variadicType))
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
index 5eac55a..694114a 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ interpret_function_parameter_list(ParseState *pstate,
 			switch (toid)
 			{
 				case ANYARRAYOID:
+				case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
 				case ANYOID:
 					/* okay */
 					break;
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index 7a9b303..cf199cb 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -167,15 +167,17 @@ coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 	}
 	if (targetTypeId == ANYOID ||
 		targetTypeId == ANYELEMENTOID ||
-		targetTypeId == ANYNONARRAYOID)
+		targetTypeId == ANYNONARRAYOID ||
+		targetTypeId == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID ||
+		targetTypeId == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * Assume can_coerce_type verified that implicit coercion is okay.
 		 *
 		 * Note: by returning the unmodified node here, we are saying that
 		 * it's OK to treat an UNKNOWN constant as a valid input for a
-		 * function accepting ANY, ANYELEMENT, or ANYNONARRAY.  This should be
-		 * all right, since an UNKNOWN value is still a perfectly valid Datum.
+		 * function accepting one of these pseudotypes.  This should be all
+		 * right, since an UNKNOWN value is still a perfectly valid Datum.
 		 *
 		 * NB: we do NOT want a RelabelType here: the exposed type of the
 		 * function argument must be its actual type, not the polymorphic
@@ -185,7 +187,9 @@ coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 	}
 	if (targetTypeId == ANYARRAYOID ||
 		targetTypeId == ANYENUMOID ||
-		targetTypeId == ANYRANGEOID)
+		targetTypeId == ANYRANGEOID ||
+		targetTypeId == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID ||
+		targetTypeId == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * Assume can_coerce_type verified that implicit coercion is okay.
@@ -193,10 +197,10 @@ coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 		 * These cases are unlike the ones above because the exposed type of
 		 * the argument must be an actual array, enum, or range type.  In
 		 * particular the argument must *not* be an UNKNOWN constant.  If it
-		 * is, we just fall through; below, we'll call anyarray_in,
-		 * anyenum_in, or anyrange_in, which will produce an error.  Also, if
-		 * what we have is a domain over array, enum, or range, we have to
-		 * relabel it to its base type.
+		 * is, we just fall through; below, we'll call the pseudotype's input
+		 * function, which will produce an error.  Also, if what we have is a
+		 * domain over array, enum, or range, we have to relabel it to its
+		 * base type.
 		 *
 		 * Note: currently, we can't actually see a domain-over-enum here,
 		 * since the other functions in this file will not match such a
@@ -1387,6 +1391,99 @@ select_common_type(ParseState *pstate, List *exprs, const char *context,
 }
 
 /*
+ * select_common_type_from_vector()
+ *		Determine the common supertype of vector of Oids.
+ *
+ * Similar to select_common_type() but simplified for polymorphics
+ * type processing. When there are no supertype, then returns InvalidOid,
+ * when noerror is true, or raise exception when noerror is false.
+ */
+static Oid
+select_common_type_from_vector(int nargs, Oid *typeids, bool noerror)
+{
+	int			i = 0;
+	Oid			ptype;
+	TYPCATEGORY pcategory;
+	bool		pispreferred;
+
+	Assert(nargs > 0);
+	ptype = typeids[0];
+
+	/* fast leave when all types are same */
+	if (ptype != UNKNOWNOID)
+	{
+		for (i = 1; i < nargs; i++)
+		{
+			if (ptype != typeids[i])
+				break;
+		}
+
+		if (i == nargs)
+			return ptype;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Nope, so set up for the full algorithm. Note that at this point, we can
+	 * skip first i elements, because was checked in previous loop.
+	 */
+	ptype = getBaseType(ptype);
+	get_type_category_preferred(ptype, &pcategory, &pispreferred);
+
+	for (; i < nargs; i++)
+	{
+		Oid			ntype = getBaseType(typeids[i]);
+
+		/* move on to next one if no new information... */
+		if (ntype != UNKNOWNOID && ntype != ptype)
+		{
+			TYPCATEGORY ncategory;
+			bool		nispreferred;
+
+			get_type_category_preferred(ntype, &ncategory, &nispreferred);
+
+			if (ptype == UNKNOWNOID)
+			{
+				/* so far, only unknowns so take anything... */
+				ptype = ntype;
+				pcategory = ncategory;
+				pispreferred = nispreferred;
+			}
+			else if (ncategory != pcategory)
+			{
+				if (noerror)
+					return InvalidOid;
+
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("types %s and %s cannot be matched",
+								format_type_be(ptype),
+								format_type_be(ntype))));
+			}
+			else if (!pispreferred &&
+					 can_coerce_type(1, &ptype, &ntype, COERCION_IMPLICIT) &&
+					 !can_coerce_type(1, &ntype, &ptype, COERCION_IMPLICIT))
+			{
+				/*
+				 * take new type if can coerce to it implicitly but not the
+				 * other way; but if we have a preferred type, stay on it.
+				 */
+				ptype = ntype;
+				pcategory = ncategory;
+				pispreferred = nispreferred;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Be consistent with select_common_type()
+	 */
+	if (ptype == UNKNOWNOID)
+		ptype = TEXTOID;
+
+	return ptype;
+}
+
+/*
  * coerce_to_common_type()
  *		Coerce an expression to the given type.
  *
@@ -1445,6 +1542,13 @@ coerce_to_common_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
  *	  we add the extra condition that the ANYELEMENT type must not be an array.
  *	  (This is a no-op if used in combination with ANYARRAY or ANYENUM, but
  *	  is an extra restriction if not.)
+ * 8) Previous rules are valid too for ANYCOMPATIBLE, ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAY,
+ *	  ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAY and ANYCOMPATIBLERANGE with following exception.
+ *	  The used datatypes should not be strictly same. These types should be
+ *	  from same type category, and for any used type there should be implicit
+ *	  cast to selected one of these types.
+ * 9) There is not any relation between ANY types and ANYCOMPATIBLE types.
+ *	  Isn't possible derive ANY type from ANYCOMPATIBLE type and vice versa.
  *
  * Domains over arrays match ANYARRAY, and are immediately flattened to their
  * base type.  (Thus, for example, we will consider it a match if one ANYARRAY
@@ -1482,6 +1586,12 @@ check_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 	bool		have_anyelement = false;
 	bool		have_anynonarray = false;
 	bool		have_anyenum = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_nonarray = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_range = false;
+	bool		have_generic_anycompatible = false;
+	Oid			anycompatible_range_typeid = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			anycompatible_actual_types[FUNC_MAX_ARGS];
+	int			n_anycompatible_args = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Loop through the arguments to see if we have any that are polymorphic.
@@ -1525,6 +1635,74 @@ check_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 				return false;
 			range_typeid = actual_type;
 		}
+		else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID ||
+				 decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)
+		{
+			have_generic_anycompatible = true;
+			if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)
+				have_anycompatible_nonarray = true;
+
+			/* An unknown literal is no help for resolving actual types */
+			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
+				continue;
+
+			/* collect used type, reduce repeated values */
+			if (n_anycompatible_args == 0 ||
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args - 1] != actual_type)
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args++] = actual_type;
+		}
+		else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID)
+		{
+			Oid			anycompatible_elem_type;
+
+			have_generic_anycompatible = true;
+
+			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
+				continue;
+
+			actual_type = getBaseType(actual_type); /* flatten domains */
+			anycompatible_elem_type = get_element_type(actual_type);
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_elem_type))
+				return false;
+
+			/* collect used type, reduce repeated values */
+			if (n_anycompatible_args == 0 ||
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args - 1] != anycompatible_elem_type)
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args++] = anycompatible_elem_type;
+		}
+		else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
+		{
+			Oid			anycompatible_range_typelem;
+
+			have_generic_anycompatible = true;
+			have_anycompatible_range = true;
+
+			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
+				continue;
+			actual_type = getBaseType(actual_type); /* flatten domains */
+
+			/*
+			 * range type is used just for derivation of common type, but
+			 * range types should be same. Same behave like anyrange - cast
+			 * between ranges are not supported.
+			 */
+			if (OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typeid) &&
+				anycompatible_range_typeid != actual_type)
+				return false;
+
+			anycompatible_range_typelem = get_range_subtype(actual_type);
+			if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typelem))
+				return false;
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typeid))
+				anycompatible_range_typeid = actual_type;
+
+			/* collect used type, reduce repeated values */
+			if (n_anycompatible_args == 0 ||
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args - 1] != anycompatible_range_typelem)
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args++] = anycompatible_range_typelem;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Get the element type based on the array type, if we have one */
@@ -1591,6 +1769,36 @@ check_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 			return false;
 	}
 
+	/* check anycompatible collected data */
+	if (have_generic_anycompatible)
+	{
+		/* we can check type consisteny when we have some not unknown types */
+		if (n_anycompatible_args > 0)
+		{
+			Oid			anycompatible_typeid;
+
+			anycompatible_typeid = select_common_type_from_vector(n_anycompatible_args,
+																  anycompatible_actual_types,
+																  true);
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_typeid))
+				return false;
+
+			if (have_anycompatible_nonarray)
+			{
+				/*
+				 * require the anycompatible type to not be an array or domain
+				 * over array
+				 */
+				if (type_is_array_domain(anycompatible_typeid))
+					return false;
+			}
+
+			if (have_anycompatible_range && !OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typeid))
+				return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Looks valid */
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1643,6 +1851,16 @@ check_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
  *	  we add the extra condition that the ANYELEMENT type must not be an array.
  *	  (This is a no-op if used in combination with ANYARRAY or ANYENUM, but
  *	  is an extra restriction if not.)
+ * 10) The relation between types from ANY family type are same like
+ *	  relations between types from ANYCOMPATIBLE family type, with one
+ *	  difference. The parameters with type from ANY family type requires
+ *	  exactly one actual type. The arguments with ANYCOMPATIBLE family type
+ *	  allows types that shares type category. Later polymorphic type is
+ *	  replaced by real type. This real type is one from actual types
+ *	  (polymorphic argument actual types) for that is available implicit
+ *	  cast from type of any related polymorphic arguments.
+ * 11) The arguments with ANY family type and ANYCOMPATIBLE family type
+ *	  are independent.
  *
  * Domains over arrays or ranges match ANYARRAY or ANYRANGE arguments,
  * respectively, and are immediately flattened to their base type. (In
@@ -1673,11 +1891,15 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 								 bool allow_poly)
 {
 	int			j;
-	bool		have_generics = false;
+	bool		have_generics_any = false;
+	bool		have_generics_anycompatible = false;
 	bool		have_unknowns = false;
 	Oid			elem_typeid = InvalidOid;
 	Oid			array_typeid = InvalidOid;
 	Oid			range_typeid = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			anycompatible_typeid = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			anycompatible_array_typeid = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			anycompatible_range_typeid = InvalidOid;
 	Oid			array_typelem;
 	Oid			range_typelem;
 	bool		have_anyelement = (rettype == ANYELEMENTOID ||
@@ -1685,6 +1907,11 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 								   rettype == ANYENUMOID);
 	bool		have_anynonarray = (rettype == ANYNONARRAYOID);
 	bool		have_anyenum = (rettype == ANYENUMOID);
+	bool		have_anycompatible_nonarray = (rettype == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID);
+	bool		have_anycompatible_array = (rettype == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID);
+	bool		have_anycompatible_range = (rettype == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID);
+	Oid			anycompatible_actual_types[FUNC_MAX_ARGS];
+	int			n_anycompatible_args = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Loop through the arguments to see if we have any that are polymorphic.
@@ -1699,7 +1926,7 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 			decl_type == ANYNONARRAYOID ||
 			decl_type == ANYENUMOID)
 		{
-			have_generics = have_anyelement = true;
+			have_generics_any = have_anyelement = true;
 			if (decl_type == ANYNONARRAYOID)
 				have_anynonarray = true;
 			else if (decl_type == ANYENUMOID)
@@ -1722,14 +1949,18 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 		}
 		else if (decl_type == ANYARRAYOID)
 		{
-			have_generics = true;
+			have_generics_any = true;
+			have_anycompatible_array = true;
+
 			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
 			{
 				have_unknowns = true;
 				continue;
 			}
+
 			if (allow_poly && decl_type == actual_type)
 				continue;		/* no new information here */
+
 			actual_type = getBaseType(actual_type); /* flatten domains */
 			if (OidIsValid(array_typeid) && actual_type != array_typeid)
 				ereport(ERROR,
@@ -1742,7 +1973,7 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 		}
 		else if (decl_type == ANYRANGEOID)
 		{
-			have_generics = true;
+			have_generics_any = true;
 			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
 			{
 				have_unknowns = true;
@@ -1760,128 +1991,300 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 								   format_type_be(actual_type))));
 			range_typeid = actual_type;
 		}
-	}
+		else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID ||
+				 decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)
+		{
+			have_generics_anycompatible = true;
 
-	/*
-	 * Fast Track: if none of the arguments are polymorphic, return the
-	 * unmodified rettype.  We assume it can't be polymorphic either.
-	 */
-	if (!have_generics)
-		return rettype;
+			if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)
+				have_anycompatible_nonarray = true;
 
-	/* Get the element type based on the array type, if we have one */
-	if (OidIsValid(array_typeid))
-	{
-		if (array_typeid == ANYARRAYOID && !have_anyelement)
-		{
-			/* Special case for ANYARRAY input: okay iff no ANYELEMENT */
-			array_typelem = ANYELEMENTOID;
+			/*
+			 * because declared type will be replaced every time, we don't
+			 * need some special work for unknown types.
+			 */
+			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
+				continue;
+
+			if (allow_poly && decl_type == actual_type)
+				continue;
+
+			/* collect used type, reduce repeated values */
+			if (n_anycompatible_args == 0 ||
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args - 1] != actual_type)
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args++] = actual_type;
 		}
-		else
+		else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID)
 		{
-			array_typelem = get_element_type(array_typeid);
-			if (!OidIsValid(array_typelem))
+			Oid			anycompatible_elem_type;
+
+			have_generics_anycompatible = true;
+			have_anycompatible_array = true;
+
+			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
+				continue;
+
+			if (allow_poly && decl_type == actual_type)
+				continue;
+
+			actual_type = getBaseType(actual_type); /* flatten domains */
+			anycompatible_elem_type = get_element_type(actual_type);
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_elem_type))
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
 						 errmsg("argument declared %s is not an array but type %s",
-								"anyarray", format_type_be(array_typeid))));
-		}
+								"anyarray", format_type_be(actual_type))));
 
-		if (!OidIsValid(elem_typeid))
-		{
-			/*
-			 * if we don't have an element type yet, use the one we just got
-			 */
-			elem_typeid = array_typelem;
+			/* collect used type, reduce repeated values */
+			if (n_anycompatible_args == 0 ||
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args - 1] != anycompatible_elem_type)
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args++] = anycompatible_elem_type;
 		}
-		else if (array_typelem != elem_typeid)
+		else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
 		{
-			/* otherwise, they better match */
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-					 errmsg("argument declared %s is not consistent with argument declared %s",
-							"anyarray", "anyelement"),
-					 errdetail("%s versus %s",
-							   format_type_be(array_typeid),
-							   format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
+			Oid			anycompatible_range_typelem;
+
+			have_generics_anycompatible = true;
+			have_anycompatible_range = true;
+
+			if (actual_type == UNKNOWNOID)
+			{
+				have_unknowns = true;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (allow_poly && decl_type == actual_type)
+				continue;		/* no new information here */
+			actual_type = getBaseType(actual_type); /* flatten domains */
+
+			if (OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typeid) &&
+				actual_type != anycompatible_range_typeid)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("arguments declared \"anycompatiblerange\" are not all alike"),
+						 errdetail("%s versus %s",
+								   format_type_be(anycompatible_range_typeid),
+								   format_type_be(actual_type))));
+
+			anycompatible_range_typeid = actual_type;
+			anycompatible_range_typelem = get_range_subtype(anycompatible_range_typeid);
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typelem))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("argument declared %s is not a range type but type %s",
+								"anycompatiblerange",
+								format_type_be(anycompatible_range_typeid))));
+
+			/* collect used type, reduce repeated values */
+			if (n_anycompatible_args == 0 ||
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args - 1] != anycompatible_range_typelem)
+				anycompatible_actual_types[n_anycompatible_args++] = anycompatible_range_typelem;
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Get the element type based on the range type, if we have one */
-	if (OidIsValid(range_typeid))
+	/*
+	 * Fast Track: if none of the arguments are polymorphic, return the
+	 * unmodified rettype.  We assume it can't be polymorphic either.
+	 */
+	if (!have_generics_any && !have_generics_anycompatible)
+		return rettype;
+
+	if (have_generics_any)
 	{
-		if (range_typeid == ANYRANGEOID && !have_anyelement)
+		/* Get the element type based on the array type, if we have one */
+		if (OidIsValid(array_typeid))
 		{
-			/* Special case for ANYRANGE input: okay iff no ANYELEMENT */
-			range_typelem = ANYELEMENTOID;
+			if (array_typeid == ANYARRAYOID && !have_anyelement)
+			{
+				/* Special case for ANYARRAY input: okay iff no ANYELEMENT */
+				array_typelem = ANYELEMENTOID;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				array_typelem = get_element_type(array_typeid);
+				if (!OidIsValid(array_typelem))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+							 errmsg("argument declared %s is not an array but type %s",
+									"anyarray", format_type_be(array_typeid))));
+			}
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(elem_typeid))
+			{
+				/*
+				 * if we don't have an element type yet, use the one we just
+				 * got
+				 */
+				elem_typeid = array_typelem;
+			}
+			else if (array_typelem != elem_typeid)
+			{
+				/* otherwise, they better match */
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("argument declared %s is not consistent with argument declared %s",
+								"anyarray", "anyelement"),
+						 errdetail("%s versus %s",
+								   format_type_be(array_typeid),
+								   format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
+			}
 		}
-		else
+
+		/* Get the element type based on the range type, if we have one */
+		if (OidIsValid(range_typeid))
 		{
-			range_typelem = get_range_subtype(range_typeid);
-			if (!OidIsValid(range_typelem))
+			if (range_typeid == ANYRANGEOID && !have_anyelement)
+			{
+				/* Special case for ANYRANGE input: okay iff no ANYELEMENT */
+				range_typelem = ANYELEMENTOID;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				range_typelem = get_range_subtype(range_typeid);
+				if (!OidIsValid(range_typelem))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+							 errmsg("argument declared %s is not a range type but type %s",
+									"anyrange",
+									format_type_be(range_typeid))));
+			}
+
+			if (!OidIsValid(elem_typeid))
+			{
+				/*
+				 * if we don't have an element type yet, use the one we just
+				 * got
+				 */
+				elem_typeid = range_typelem;
+			}
+			else if (range_typelem != elem_typeid)
+			{
+				/* otherwise, they better match */
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-						 errmsg("argument declared %s is not a range type but type %s",
-								"anyrange",
-								format_type_be(range_typeid))));
+						 errmsg("argument declared %s is not consistent with argument declared %s",
+								"anyrange", "anyelement"),
+						 errdetail("%s versus %s",
+								   format_type_be(range_typeid),
+								   format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (!OidIsValid(elem_typeid))
 		{
+			if (allow_poly)
+			{
+				elem_typeid = ANYELEMENTOID;
+				array_typeid = ANYARRAYOID;
+				range_typeid = ANYRANGEOID;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				/* Only way to get here is if all the generic args are UNKNOWN */
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("could not determine polymorphic type because input has type %s",
+								"unknown")));
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (have_anynonarray && elem_typeid != ANYELEMENTOID)
+		{
 			/*
-			 * if we don't have an element type yet, use the one we just got
+			 * require the element type to not be an array or domain over
+			 * array
 			 */
-			elem_typeid = range_typelem;
+			if (type_is_array_domain(elem_typeid))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("type matched to anynonarray is an array type: %s",
+								format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
 		}
-		else if (range_typelem != elem_typeid)
+
+		if (have_anyenum && elem_typeid != ANYELEMENTOID)
 		{
-			/* otherwise, they better match */
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-					 errmsg("argument declared %s is not consistent with argument declared %s",
-							"anyrange", "anyelement"),
-					 errdetail("%s versus %s",
-							   format_type_be(range_typeid),
-							   format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
+			/* require the element type to be an enum */
+			if (!type_is_enum(elem_typeid))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("type matched to anyenum is not an enum type: %s",
+								format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!OidIsValid(elem_typeid))
+	if (have_generics_anycompatible)
 	{
-		if (allow_poly)
+		if (n_anycompatible_args > 0)
 		{
-			elem_typeid = ANYELEMENTOID;
-			array_typeid = ANYARRAYOID;
-			range_typeid = ANYRANGEOID;
+			anycompatible_typeid = select_common_type_from_vector(n_anycompatible_args,
+																  anycompatible_actual_types,
+																  false);
+
+			if (have_anycompatible_array)
+			{
+				anycompatible_array_typeid = get_array_type(anycompatible_typeid);
+
+				if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_array_typeid))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+							 errmsg("could not find array type for data type %s",
+									format_type_be(anycompatible_typeid))));
+			}
+
+			/* anycompatible_range_typid should be defined already */
+			/* XXX this error message is not very on-point */
+			if (have_anycompatible_range &&
+				!OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typeid))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+						 errmsg("could not find range type for data type %s",
+								"anycompatiblerange")));
+
+			if (have_anycompatible_nonarray)
+			{
+				/*
+				 * require the element type to not be an array or domain over
+				 * array
+				 */
+				if (type_is_array_domain(anycompatible_typeid))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+							 errmsg("type matched to anynonarray is an array type: %s",
+									format_type_be(anycompatible_typeid))));
+			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			/* Only way to get here is if all the generic args are UNKNOWN */
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-					 errmsg("could not determine polymorphic type because input has type %s",
-							"unknown")));
+			if (allow_poly)
+			{
+				anycompatible_typeid = ANYCOMPATIBLEOID;
+				anycompatible_array_typeid = ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID;
+				anycompatible_range_typeid = ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				/* Only way to get here is if all the generic args are UNKNOWN */
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+						 errmsg("could not determine polymorphic common type because input has type %s",
+								"unknown")));
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
-	if (have_anynonarray && elem_typeid != ANYELEMENTOID)
-	{
-		/* require the element type to not be an array or domain over array */
-		if (type_is_array_domain(elem_typeid))
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-					 errmsg("type matched to anynonarray is an array type: %s",
-							format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
-	}
+		/* replace polymorphic common types by selected common types */
+		for (j = 0; j < nargs; j++)
+		{
+			Oid			decl_type = declared_arg_types[j];
 
-	if (have_anyenum && elem_typeid != ANYELEMENTOID)
-	{
-		/* require the element type to be an enum */
-		if (!type_is_enum(elem_typeid))
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
-					 errmsg("type matched to anyenum is not an enum type: %s",
-							format_type_be(elem_typeid))));
+			if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID ||
+				decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)	/* XXX seems wrong? */
+				declared_arg_types[j] = anycompatible_typeid;
+			else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID)
+				declared_arg_types[j] = anycompatible_array_typeid;
+			else if (decl_type == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
+				declared_arg_types[j] = anycompatible_range_typeid;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1962,6 +2365,35 @@ enforce_generic_type_consistency(const Oid *actual_arg_types,
 		rettype == ANYENUMOID)
 		return elem_typeid;
 
+	if (rettype == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID)
+	{
+		if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_typeid))
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("could not find common type")));
+		return anycompatible_typeid;
+	}
+
+	if (rettype == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID)
+	{
+		if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_array_typeid))
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("could not find common array type")));
+		return anycompatible_array_typeid;
+	}
+
+	/* if we return ANYRANGE use the appropriate argument type */
+	if (rettype == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
+	{
+		if (!OidIsValid(anycompatible_range_typeid))
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("could not find range type for data type %s",
+							"anycompatiblerange")));
+		return anycompatible_range_typeid;
+	}
+
 	/* we don't return a generic type; send back the original return type */
 	return rettype;
 }
@@ -1979,11 +2411,12 @@ check_valid_polymorphic_signature(Oid ret_type,
 								  const Oid *declared_arg_types,
 								  int nargs)
 {
-	if (ret_type == ANYRANGEOID)
+	if (ret_type == ANYRANGEOID || ret_type == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
 	{
 		/*
 		 * ANYRANGE requires an ANYRANGE input, else we can't tell which of
-		 * several range types with the same element type to use.
+		 * several range types with the same element type to use.  Likewise
+		 * for ANYCOMPATIBLERANGE.
 		 */
 		for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 		{
@@ -1993,17 +2426,28 @@ check_valid_polymorphic_signature(Oid ret_type,
 		return psprintf(_("A result of type %s requires at least one input of type %s."),
 						format_type_be(ret_type), format_type_be(ret_type));
 	}
-	else if (IsPolymorphicType(ret_type))
+	else if (IsPolymorphicTypeFamily1(ret_type))
 	{
-		/* Otherwise, any polymorphic type can be deduced from any other */
+		/* Otherwise, any family-1 type can be deduced from any other */
 		for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 		{
-			if (IsPolymorphicType(declared_arg_types[i]))
+			if (IsPolymorphicTypeFamily1(declared_arg_types[i]))
 				return NULL;	/* OK */
 		}
 		return psprintf(_("A result of type %s requires at least one input of type anyelement, anyarray, anynonarray, anyenum, or anyrange."),
 						format_type_be(ret_type));
 	}
+	else if (IsPolymorphicTypeFamily2(ret_type))
+	{
+		/* Otherwise, any family-2 type can be deduced from any other */
+		for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+		{
+			if (IsPolymorphicTypeFamily2(declared_arg_types[i]))
+				return NULL;	/* OK */
+		}
+		return psprintf(_("A result of type %s requires at least one input of type anycompatible, anycompatiblearray, anycompatiblenonarray, or anycompatiblerange."),
+						format_type_be(ret_type));
+	}
 	else
 		return NULL;			/* OK, ret_type is not polymorphic */
 }
@@ -2108,8 +2552,9 @@ IsBinaryCoercible(Oid srctype, Oid targettype)
 	if (srctype == targettype)
 		return true;
 
-	/* Anything is coercible to ANY or ANYELEMENT */
-	if (targettype == ANYOID || targettype == ANYELEMENTOID)
+	/* Anything is coercible to ANY or ANYELEMENT or ANYCOMPATIBLE */
+	if (targettype == ANYOID || targettype == ANYELEMENTOID ||
+		targettype == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID)
 		return true;
 
 	/* If srctype is a domain, reduce to its base type */
@@ -2120,13 +2565,13 @@ IsBinaryCoercible(Oid srctype, Oid targettype)
 	if (srctype == targettype)
 		return true;
 
-	/* Also accept any array type as coercible to ANYARRAY */
-	if (targettype == ANYARRAYOID)
+	/* Also accept any array type as coercible to ANY[COMPATIBLE]ARRAY */
+	if (targettype == ANYARRAYOID || targettype == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID)
 		if (type_is_array(srctype))
 			return true;
 
-	/* Also accept any non-array type as coercible to ANYNONARRAY */
-	if (targettype == ANYNONARRAYOID)
+	/* Also accept any non-array type as coercible to ANY[COMPATIBLE]NONARRAY */
+	if (targettype == ANYNONARRAYOID || targettype == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID)
 		if (!type_is_array(srctype))
 			return true;
 
@@ -2135,8 +2580,8 @@ IsBinaryCoercible(Oid srctype, Oid targettype)
 		if (type_is_enum(srctype))
 			return true;
 
-	/* Also accept any range type as coercible to ANYRANGE */
-	if (targettype == ANYRANGEOID)
+	/* Also accept any range type as coercible to ANY[COMPATIBLE]RANGE */
+	if (targettype == ANYRANGEOID || targettype == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
 		if (type_is_range(srctype))
 			return true;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
index f78420e..8bb00ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ json_categorize_type(Oid typoid,
 		default:
 			/* Check for arrays and composites */
 			if (OidIsValid(get_element_type(typoid)) || typoid == ANYARRAYOID
-				|| typoid == RECORDARRAYOID)
+				|| typoid == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID || typoid == RECORDARRAYOID)
 				*tcategory = JSONTYPE_ARRAY;
 			else if (type_is_rowtype(typoid))	/* includes RECORDOID */
 				*tcategory = JSONTYPE_COMPOSITE;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c
index b961d29..1e9ca04 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ jsonb_categorize_type(Oid typoid,
 		default:
 			/* Check for arrays and composites */
 			if (OidIsValid(get_element_type(typoid)) || typoid == ANYARRAYOID
-				|| typoid == RECORDARRAYOID)
+				|| typoid == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID || typoid == RECORDARRAYOID)
 				*tcategory = JSONBTYPE_ARRAY;
 			else if (type_is_rowtype(typoid))	/* includes RECORDOID */
 				*tcategory = JSONBTYPE_COMPOSITE;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pseudotypes.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pseudotypes.c
index 9eee03c..3d6b2f9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pseudotypes.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pseudotypes.c
@@ -169,6 +169,26 @@ anyarray_send(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 /*
+ * anycompatiblearray
+ *
+ * We may as well allow output, since we do for anyarray.
+ */
+PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_INPUT_FUNC(anycompatiblearray);
+PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_RECEIVE_FUNC(anycompatiblearray);
+
+Datum
+anycompatiblearray_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return array_out(fcinfo);
+}
+
+Datum
+anycompatiblearray_send(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return array_send(fcinfo);
+}
+
+/*
  * anyenum
  *
  * We may as well allow output, since enum_out will in fact work.
@@ -195,6 +215,19 @@ anyrange_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 }
 
 /*
+ * anycompatiblerange
+ *
+ * We may as well allow output, since range_out will in fact work.
+ */
+PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_INPUT_FUNC(anycompatiblerange);
+
+Datum
+anycompatiblerange_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return range_out(fcinfo);
+}
+
+/*
  * void
  *
  * We support void_in so that PL functions can return VOID without any
@@ -316,3 +349,5 @@ PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_IO_FUNCS(tsm_handler);
 PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_IO_FUNCS(internal);
 PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_IO_FUNCS(anyelement);
 PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_IO_FUNCS(anynonarray);
+PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_IO_FUNCS(anycompatible);
+PSEUDOTYPE_DUMMY_IO_FUNCS(anycompatiblenonarray);
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c
index 4e9d21b..78ed857 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c
@@ -552,7 +552,9 @@ resolve_anyrange_from_others(polymorphic_actuals *actuals)
  * with concrete data types deduced from the input arguments.
  * declared_args is an oidvector of the function's declared input arg types
  * (showing which are polymorphic), and call_expr is the call expression.
- * Returns true if able to deduce all types, false if not.
+ *
+ * Returns true if able to deduce all types, false if necessary information
+ * is not provided (call_expr is NULL or arg types aren't identifiable).
  */
 static bool
 resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
@@ -564,8 +566,13 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 	bool		have_anyelement_result = false;
 	bool		have_anyarray_result = false;
 	bool		have_anyrange_result = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_result = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_array_result = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_range_result = false;
 	polymorphic_actuals poly_actuals;
+	polymorphic_actuals anyc_actuals;
 	Oid			anycollation = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			anycompatcollation = InvalidOid;
 	int			i;
 
 	/* See if there are any polymorphic outputs; quick out if not */
@@ -587,6 +594,19 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 				have_polymorphic_result = true;
 				have_anyrange_result = true;
 				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEOID:
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID:
+				have_polymorphic_result = true;
+				have_anycompatible_result = true;
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
+				have_polymorphic_result = true;
+				have_anycompatible_array_result = true;
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID:
+				have_polymorphic_result = true;
+				have_anycompatible_range_result = true;
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 		}
@@ -596,12 +616,16 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise, extract actual datatype(s) from input arguments.  (We assume
-	 * the parser already validated consistency of the arguments.)
+	 * the parser already validated consistency of the arguments.  Also, for
+	 * the ANYCOMPATIBLE pseudotype family, we expect that all matching
+	 * arguments were coerced to the selected common supertype, so that it
+	 * doesn't matter which one's exposed type we look at.)
 	 */
 	if (!call_expr)
 		return false;			/* no hope */
 
 	memset(&poly_actuals, 0, sizeof(poly_actuals));
+	memset(&anyc_actuals, 0, sizeof(anyc_actuals));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
 	{
@@ -636,6 +660,34 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 						return false;
 				}
 				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEOID:
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID:
+				if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+				{
+					anyc_actuals.anyelement_type =
+						get_call_expr_argtype(call_expr, i);
+					if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+						return false;
+				}
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
+				if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+				{
+					anyc_actuals.anyarray_type =
+						get_call_expr_argtype(call_expr, i);
+					if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+						return false;
+				}
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID:
+				if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyrange_type))
+				{
+					anyc_actuals.anyrange_type =
+						get_call_expr_argtype(call_expr, i);
+					if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyrange_type))
+						return false;
+				}
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 		}
@@ -651,18 +703,33 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 	if (have_anyrange_result && !OidIsValid(poly_actuals.anyrange_type))
 		resolve_anyrange_from_others(&poly_actuals);
 
+	if (have_anycompatible_result && !OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+		resolve_anyelement_from_others(&anyc_actuals);
+
+	if (have_anycompatible_array_result && !OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+		resolve_anyarray_from_others(&anyc_actuals);
+
+	if (have_anycompatible_range_result && !OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyrange_type))
+		resolve_anyrange_from_others(&anyc_actuals);
+
 	/*
 	 * Identify the collation to use for polymorphic OUT parameters. (It'll
-	 * necessarily be the same for both anyelement and anyarray.)  Note that
-	 * range types are not collatable, so any possible internal collation of a
-	 * range type is not considered here.
+	 * necessarily be the same for both anyelement and anyarray, likewise for
+	 * anycompatible and anycompatiblearray.)  Note that range types are not
+	 * collatable, so any possible internal collation of a range type is not
+	 * considered here.
 	 */
 	if (OidIsValid(poly_actuals.anyelement_type))
 		anycollation = get_typcollation(poly_actuals.anyelement_type);
 	else if (OidIsValid(poly_actuals.anyarray_type))
 		anycollation = get_typcollation(poly_actuals.anyarray_type);
 
-	if (OidIsValid(anycollation))
+	if (OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+		anycompatcollation = get_typcollation(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type);
+	else if (OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+		anycompatcollation = get_typcollation(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type);
+
+	if (OidIsValid(anycollation) || OidIsValid(anycompatcollation))
 	{
 		/*
 		 * The types are collatable, so consider whether to use a nondefault
@@ -672,7 +739,12 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 		Oid			inputcollation = exprInputCollation(call_expr);
 
 		if (OidIsValid(inputcollation))
-			anycollation = inputcollation;
+		{
+			if (OidIsValid(anycollation))
+				anycollation = inputcollation;
+			if (OidIsValid(anycompatcollation))
+				anycompatcollation = inputcollation;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* And finally replace the tuple column types as needed */
@@ -708,6 +780,31 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
 								   0);
 				/* no collation should be attached to a range type */
 				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEOID:
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID:
+				TupleDescInitEntry(tupdesc, i + 1,
+								   NameStr(att->attname),
+								   anyc_actuals.anyelement_type,
+								   -1,
+								   0);
+				TupleDescInitEntryCollation(tupdesc, i + 1, anycompatcollation);
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
+				TupleDescInitEntry(tupdesc, i + 1,
+								   NameStr(att->attname),
+								   anyc_actuals.anyarray_type,
+								   -1,
+								   0);
+				TupleDescInitEntryCollation(tupdesc, i + 1, anycompatcollation);
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID:
+				TupleDescInitEntry(tupdesc, i + 1,
+								   NameStr(att->attname),
+								   anyc_actuals.anyrange_type,
+								   -1,
+								   0);
+				/* no collation should be attached to a range type */
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 		}
@@ -720,7 +817,9 @@ resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, oidvector *declared_args,
  * Given the declared argument types and modes for a function, replace any
  * polymorphic types (ANYELEMENT etc) in argtypes[] with concrete data types
  * deduced from the input arguments found in call_expr.
- * Returns true if able to deduce all types, false if not.
+ *
+ * Returns true if able to deduce all types, false if necessary information
+ * is not provided (call_expr is NULL or arg types aren't identifiable).
  *
  * This is the same logic as resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc, but with a different
  * argument representation, and slightly different output responsibilities.
@@ -735,16 +834,21 @@ resolve_polymorphic_argtypes(int numargs, Oid *argtypes, char *argmodes,
 	bool		have_anyelement_result = false;
 	bool		have_anyarray_result = false;
 	bool		have_anyrange_result = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_result = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_array_result = false;
+	bool		have_anycompatible_range_result = false;
 	polymorphic_actuals poly_actuals;
+	polymorphic_actuals anyc_actuals;
 	int			inargno;
 	int			i;
 
 	/*
 	 * First pass: resolve polymorphic inputs, check for outputs.  As in
 	 * resolve_polymorphic_tupdesc, we rely on the parser to have enforced
-	 * type consistency.
+	 * type consistency and coerced ANYCOMPATIBLE args to a common supertype.
 	 */
 	memset(&poly_actuals, 0, sizeof(poly_actuals));
+	memset(&anyc_actuals, 0, sizeof(anyc_actuals));
 	inargno = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < numargs; i++)
 	{
@@ -808,6 +912,61 @@ resolve_polymorphic_argtypes(int numargs, Oid *argtypes, char *argmodes,
 					argtypes[i] = poly_actuals.anyrange_type;
 				}
 				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEOID:
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID:
+				if (argmode == PROARGMODE_OUT || argmode == PROARGMODE_TABLE)
+				{
+					have_polymorphic_result = true;
+					have_anycompatible_result = true;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+					{
+						anyc_actuals.anyelement_type =
+							get_call_expr_argtype(call_expr, inargno);
+						if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+							return false;
+					}
+					argtypes[i] = anyc_actuals.anyelement_type;
+				}
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
+				if (argmode == PROARGMODE_OUT || argmode == PROARGMODE_TABLE)
+				{
+					have_polymorphic_result = true;
+					have_anycompatible_array_result = true;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+					{
+						anyc_actuals.anyarray_type =
+							get_call_expr_argtype(call_expr, inargno);
+						if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+							return false;
+					}
+					argtypes[i] = anyc_actuals.anyarray_type;
+				}
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID:
+				if (argmode == PROARGMODE_OUT || argmode == PROARGMODE_TABLE)
+				{
+					have_polymorphic_result = true;
+					have_anycompatible_range_result = true;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyrange_type))
+					{
+						anyc_actuals.anyrange_type =
+							get_call_expr_argtype(call_expr, inargno);
+						if (!OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyrange_type))
+							return false;
+					}
+					argtypes[i] = anyc_actuals.anyrange_type;
+				}
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 		}
@@ -829,6 +988,15 @@ resolve_polymorphic_argtypes(int numargs, Oid *argtypes, char *argmodes,
 	if (have_anyrange_result && !OidIsValid(poly_actuals.anyrange_type))
 		resolve_anyrange_from_others(&poly_actuals);
 
+	if (have_anycompatible_result && !OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyelement_type))
+		resolve_anyelement_from_others(&anyc_actuals);
+
+	if (have_anycompatible_array_result && !OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyarray_type))
+		resolve_anyarray_from_others(&anyc_actuals);
+
+	if (have_anycompatible_range_result && !OidIsValid(anyc_actuals.anyrange_type))
+		resolve_anyrange_from_others(&anyc_actuals);
+
 	/* And finally replace the output column types as needed */
 	for (i = 0; i < numargs; i++)
 	{
@@ -845,6 +1013,16 @@ resolve_polymorphic_argtypes(int numargs, Oid *argtypes, char *argmodes,
 			case ANYRANGEOID:
 				argtypes[i] = poly_actuals.anyrange_type;
 				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEOID:
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID:
+				argtypes[i] = anyc_actuals.anyelement_type;
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
+				argtypes[i] = anyc_actuals.anyarray_type;
+				break;
+			case ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID:
+				argtypes[i] = anyc_actuals.anyrange_type;
+				break;
 			default:
 				break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 7fb574f..8387238 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -7106,6 +7106,42 @@
 { oid => '268', descr => 'I/O',
   proname => 'table_am_handler_out', prorettype => 'cstring',
   proargtypes => 'table_am_handler', prosrc => 'table_am_handler_out' },
+{ oid => '9559', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatible_in', prorettype => 'anycompatible',
+  proargtypes => 'cstring', prosrc => 'anycompatible_in' },
+{ oid => '9560', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatible_out', prorettype => 'cstring',
+  proargtypes => 'anycompatible', prosrc => 'anycompatible_out' },
+{ oid => '9561', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblearray_in', prorettype => 'anycompatiblearray',
+  proargtypes => 'cstring', prosrc => 'anycompatiblearray_in' },
+{ oid => '9562', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblearray_out', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'cstring', proargtypes => 'anycompatiblearray',
+  prosrc => 'anycompatiblearray_out' },
+{ oid => '9563', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblearray_recv', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'anycompatiblearray', proargtypes => 'internal',
+  prosrc => 'anycompatiblearray_recv' },
+{ oid => '9564', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblearray_send', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'bytea', proargtypes => 'anycompatiblearray',
+  prosrc => 'anycompatiblearray_send' },
+{ oid => '9565', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblenonarray_in', prorettype => 'anycompatiblenonarray',
+  proargtypes => 'cstring', prosrc => 'anycompatiblenonarray_in' },
+{ oid => '9566', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblenonarray_out', prorettype => 'cstring',
+  proargtypes => 'anycompatiblenonarray',
+  prosrc => 'anycompatiblenonarray_out' },
+{ oid => '9567', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblerange_in', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'anycompatiblerange', proargtypes => 'cstring oid int4',
+  prosrc => 'anycompatiblerange_in' },
+{ oid => '9568', descr => 'I/O',
+  proname => 'anycompatiblerange_out', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'cstring', proargtypes => 'anycompatiblerange',
+  prosrc => 'anycompatiblerange_out' },
 
 # tablesample method handlers
 { oid => '3313', descr => 'BERNOULLI tablesample method handler',
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.dat
index b00597d..20d5167 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.dat
@@ -590,5 +590,30 @@
   typname => 'anyrange', typlen => '-1', typbyval => 'f', typtype => 'p',
   typcategory => 'P', typinput => 'anyrange_in', typoutput => 'anyrange_out',
   typreceive => '-', typsend => '-', typalign => 'd', typstorage => 'x' },
+{ oid => '9550',
+  descr => 'pseudo-type representing a polymorphic common type',
+  typname => 'anycompatible', typlen => '4', typbyval => 't', typtype => 'p',
+  typcategory => 'P', typinput => 'anycompatible_in',
+  typoutput => 'anycompatible_out', typreceive => '-', typsend => '-',
+  typalign => 'i' },
+{ oid => '9551',
+  descr => 'pseudo-type representing an array of polymorphic common type elements',
+  typname => 'anycompatiblearray', typlen => '-1', typbyval => 'f',
+  typtype => 'p', typcategory => 'P', typinput => 'anycompatiblearray_in',
+  typoutput => 'anycompatiblearray_out',
+  typreceive => 'anycompatiblearray_recv', typsend => 'anycompatiblearray_send',
+  typalign => 'd', typstorage => 'x' },
+{ oid => '9552',
+  descr => 'pseudo-type representing a polymorphic common type that is not an array',
+  typname => 'anycompatiblenonarray', typlen => '4', typbyval => 't',
+  typtype => 'p', typcategory => 'P', typinput => 'anycompatiblenonarray_in',
+  typoutput => 'anycompatiblenonarray_out', typreceive => '-', typsend => '-',
+  typalign => 'i' },
+{ oid => '9553',
+  descr => 'pseudo-type representing a polymorphic common type that is a range',
+  typname => 'anycompatiblerange', typlen => '-1', typbyval => 'f',
+  typtype => 'p', typcategory => 'P', typinput => 'anycompatiblerange_in',
+  typoutput => 'anycompatiblerange_out', typreceive => '-', typsend => '-',
+  typalign => 'd', typstorage => 'x' },
 
 ]
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
index 9789094..7b37562 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
@@ -295,12 +295,23 @@ typedef FormData_pg_type *Form_pg_type;
 
 /* Is a type OID a polymorphic pseudotype?	(Beware of multiple evaluation) */
 #define IsPolymorphicType(typid)  \
+	(IsPolymorphicTypeFamily1(typid) || \
+	 IsPolymorphicTypeFamily2(typid))
+
+/* Code not part of polymorphic type resolution should not use these macros: */
+#define IsPolymorphicTypeFamily1(typid)  \
 	((typid) == ANYELEMENTOID || \
 	 (typid) == ANYARRAYOID || \
 	 (typid) == ANYNONARRAYOID || \
 	 (typid) == ANYENUMOID || \
 	 (typid) == ANYRANGEOID)
 
+#define IsPolymorphicTypeFamily2(typid)  \
+	((typid) == ANYCOMPATIBLEOID || \
+	 (typid) == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID || \
+	 (typid) == ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID || \
+	 (typid) == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
+
 #endif							/* EXPOSE_TO_CLIENT_CODE */
 
 
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
index c8e43e6..828ff5a 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
@@ -507,11 +507,13 @@ do_compile(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo,
 			{
 				if (forValidator)
 				{
-					if (rettypeid == ANYARRAYOID)
+					if (rettypeid == ANYARRAYOID ||
+						rettypeid == ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID)
 						rettypeid = INT4ARRAYOID;
-					else if (rettypeid == ANYRANGEOID)
+					else if (rettypeid == ANYRANGEOID ||
+							 rettypeid == ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID)
 						rettypeid = INT4RANGEOID;
-					else		/* ANYELEMENT or ANYNONARRAY */
+					else		/* ANYELEMENT or ANYNONARRAY or ANYCOMPATIBLE */
 						rettypeid = INT4OID;
 					/* XXX what could we use for ANYENUM? */
 				}
@@ -2493,12 +2495,16 @@ plpgsql_resolve_polymorphic_argtypes(int numargs,
 				case ANYELEMENTOID:
 				case ANYNONARRAYOID:
 				case ANYENUMOID:	/* XXX dubious */
+				case ANYCOMPATIBLEOID:
+				case ANYCOMPATIBLENONARRAYOID:
 					argtypes[i] = INT4OID;
 					break;
 				case ANYARRAYOID:
+				case ANYCOMPATIBLEARRAYOID:
 					argtypes[i] = INT4ARRAYOID;
 					break;
 				case ANYRANGEOID:
+				case ANYCOMPATIBLERANGEOID:
 					argtypes[i] = INT4RANGEOID;
 					break;
 				default:
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out b/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out
index 1573753..8057c20 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/polymorphism.out
@@ -1547,3 +1547,177 @@ View definition:
 
 drop view dfview;
 drop function dfunc(anyelement, anyelement, bool);
+create or replace function cttestfunc01(anycompatible, anycompatible)
+returns anycompatible as $$
+begin
+  if $1 > $2 then
+    return $1;
+  else
+    return $2;
+  end if;
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc02(anycompatible, anycompatible)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+begin
+  return ARRAY[$1, $2];
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc03(anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatible as $$
+begin
+  return $1[1];
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc04(variadic anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatible as $$
+begin
+  return (select min(v) from unnest($1) g(v));
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc05(variadic anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+begin
+  return $1;
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc06(anycompatiblenonarray, anycompatiblenonarray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+begin
+  return ARRAY[$1, $2];
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc07(variadic anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+  select $1
+$$ language sql;
+create or replace function cttestfunc08(anycompatiblenonarray, anycompatiblenonarray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+select array[$1, $2]
+$$ language sql;
+select cttestfunc01(10, 20);
+ cttestfunc01 
+--------------
+           20
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc01(10.1, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc01 
+--------------
+         20.1
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc01(10, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc01 
+--------------
+         20.1
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc02(10, 20);
+ cttestfunc02 
+--------------
+ {10,20}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc02(10.1, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc02 
+--------------
+ {10.1,20.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc02(10, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc02 
+--------------
+ {10,20.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc03(ARRAY[10, 20]);
+ cttestfunc03 
+--------------
+           10
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc03(ARRAY[10.1, 20.1]);
+ cttestfunc03 
+--------------
+         10.1
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc03(ARRAY[10, 20.1]);
+ cttestfunc03 
+--------------
+           10
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc04(10, 20);
+ cttestfunc04 
+--------------
+           10
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc04(10.1, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc04 
+--------------
+         10.1
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc04(10, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc04 
+--------------
+           10
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc05(10, 20);
+ cttestfunc05 
+--------------
+ {10,20}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc05(10.1, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc05 
+--------------
+ {10.1,20.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc05(10, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc05 
+--------------
+ {10,20.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc06(1,1.1);
+ cttestfunc06 
+--------------
+ {1,1.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc07(10, 20);
+ cttestfunc07 
+--------------
+ {10,20}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc07(10.1, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc07 
+--------------
+ {10.1,20.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc07(10, 20.1);
+ cttestfunc07 
+--------------
+ {10,20.1}
+(1 row)
+
+select cttestfunc08(1,1.1);
+ cttestfunc08 
+--------------
+ {1,1.1}
+(1 row)
+
+-- should to fail
+select cttestfunc06(array[10], array[2]);
+ERROR:  function cttestfunc06(integer[], integer[]) does not exist
+LINE 1: select cttestfunc06(array[10], array[2]);
+               ^
+HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/polymorphism.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/polymorphism.sql
index 0360667..566b25b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/polymorphism.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/polymorphism.sql
@@ -814,3 +814,91 @@ select * from dfview;
 
 drop view dfview;
 drop function dfunc(anyelement, anyelement, bool);
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc01(anycompatible, anycompatible)
+returns anycompatible as $$
+begin
+  if $1 > $2 then
+    return $1;
+  else
+    return $2;
+  end if;
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc02(anycompatible, anycompatible)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+begin
+  return ARRAY[$1, $2];
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc03(anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatible as $$
+begin
+  return $1[1];
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc04(variadic anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatible as $$
+begin
+  return (select min(v) from unnest($1) g(v));
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc05(variadic anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+begin
+  return $1;
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc06(anycompatiblenonarray, anycompatiblenonarray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+begin
+  return ARRAY[$1, $2];
+end;
+$$ language plpgsql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc07(variadic anycompatiblearray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+  select $1
+$$ language sql;
+
+create or replace function cttestfunc08(anycompatiblenonarray, anycompatiblenonarray)
+returns anycompatiblearray as $$
+select array[$1, $2]
+$$ language sql;
+
+
+select cttestfunc01(10, 20);
+select cttestfunc01(10.1, 20.1);
+select cttestfunc01(10, 20.1);
+
+select cttestfunc02(10, 20);
+select cttestfunc02(10.1, 20.1);
+select cttestfunc02(10, 20.1);
+
+select cttestfunc03(ARRAY[10, 20]);
+select cttestfunc03(ARRAY[10.1, 20.1]);
+select cttestfunc03(ARRAY[10, 20.1]);
+
+select cttestfunc04(10, 20);
+select cttestfunc04(10.1, 20.1);
+select cttestfunc04(10, 20.1);
+
+select cttestfunc05(10, 20);
+select cttestfunc05(10.1, 20.1);
+select cttestfunc05(10, 20.1);
+
+select cttestfunc06(1,1.1);
+
+select cttestfunc07(10, 20);
+select cttestfunc07(10.1, 20.1);
+select cttestfunc07(10, 20.1);
+
+select cttestfunc08(1,1.1);
+
+-- should to fail
+select cttestfunc06(array[10], array[2]);

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