Re: extensible enum types

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Joseph Adams <joeyadams3(dot)14159(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David E(dot) Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: extensible enum types
Date: 2010-06-18 22:36:05
Message-ID: 1276900502-sup-1914@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Joseph Adams's message of vie jun 18 18:17:50 -0400 2010:

> Couldn't enum_eq just use get_fn_expr_argtype to determine the type of
> enum input rather than rely on it being stored in the value (either
> implicitly via OID or explicitly as a word half)?
>
> Also, I can't seem to find the original debates from when enums were
> implemented. Does anyone have a link to that thread in the archives?

Probably around here
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-12/msg00099.php

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