On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > Justin Clift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > From the info still around, this looks to mean that the cash_words() > > problem was fixed, but the cash_out() problem was harder to fix. > > > Tom/Bruce, is that correct? > > The cash_out problem can't really be fixed until we do something about > subdividing type "opaque" into multiple pseudo-types with more carefully > defined meanings. cash_out is declared cash_out(opaque) which does not > really mean that it accepts any input type ... but one of the several > meanings of "opaque" is "accepts any type", so the parser doesn't reject > cash_out(2). > > I'd like to see something done about this fairly soon, but it's not > happening for 7.3 ...
Can we trap and just return an error before it goes into the weeds and put the subdividing opaque fix in later? Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking http://www.camping-usa.com http://www.cloudninegifts.com http://www.meanstreamradio.com http://www.unknown-artists.com ========================================================================== ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
