Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mié ene 12 13:48:27 -0300 2011: > I guess that begs the question of why we need to allow users to call > type output functions directly.
It used to be the case that that was the only way to run certain casts. For example, see the pre-8.2 version of this: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Pg_depend_display I haven't needed to use that in a long time, but I am not sure if the need has completely disappeared. -- Álvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
