Re: RfD: more powerful "any" types

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RfD: more powerful "any" types
Date: 2009-09-08 16:40:21
Message-ID: 80DA83CF-B995-44E5-A101-2E9CEE6C95EC@kineticode.com
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On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> That would work, except that plpgsql and SQL don't like it:
>
> ERROR: PL/pgSQL functions cannot accept type "any"
> ERROR: SQL functions cannot have arguments of type "any"

Seems to go for other PLs, as well:

ERROR: PL/Perl functions cannot accept type "any"

Perhaps that could be changed?

Best,

David

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