Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So while thinking about how to make this simpler I remembered the "distinct 
> type" feature of SQL, which works quite similarly, namely the new type has 
> the same structure as the old type, but is a separate entity.  It looks like
>     CREATE TYPE newtype AS oldtype;
> This feature by itself could be quite useful, and then we could simply add 
> something like
>     CREATE TYPE newtype AS oldtype WITH CASTS;

This seems like a great way to get lost in "ambiguous function" hell ...

                        regards, tom lane

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