Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Why not declare it with OUT parameters, instead?

> That does sound like a very good idea... I did notice that as being a
> problem, but didn't know how to fix it without thinking more :-)
> How do I do that in pg_proc.h? Is there some other function that does
> this that I can peek at for inspiration?

Sure, see pg_timezone_abbrevs(), pg_timezone_names().

(This only started to work recently, which is why we have so many
record-returning functions that don't do it that way.  It might be
an idea to fix them all sooner or later.)

			regards, tom lane

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