> I am not thrilled about inventing a new column for this, but how about
> a display like so:
>
> regression=# \df nth_value
>                        List of functions
>   Schema   |   Name    | Result data type |       Argument data types
> ------------+-----------+------------------+---------------------------------
>  pg_catalog | nth_value | anyelement       | anyelement, integer OVER window
>
> or some other addition that only shows up when needed.

I think this whole idea is a bad one.  In the current release, you can do

DROP FUNCTION Name ( Argument data types )

...and it will work.  Maybe you will say that no one is doing this via
a script (which I wouldn't bet on, but it's possible) but I'm sure
people are doing it via cut and paste, because I have done exactly
this thing.  Any of the various proposals for hacking up Argument data
types will make this no longer true, and somebody will get confused.
I think you should bite the bullet and add a "type" column (f for
regular function and w for window?  could there be others in the
future?).

...Robert

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