Re: Proposal: anonymous composite types for Table Functions (aka SRFs)

> 3. Modify FROM clause grammer to accept something like:
> SELECT * FROM my_func() AS mtf(colname1 type1, colname2 type1, ...)
> where mtf is the table alias, colname1, etc are the column names, and
> type1, etc are the column types.

...

> Now when creating a function you can do:
> CREATE FUNCTION foo(text) RETURNS setof RECORD ...
>
> And when using it you can do, e.g.:
> SELECT * from foo(sqlstmt) AS (f1 int, f2 text, f3 timestamp)

Why is there the requirement to declare the type at SELECT time at all? Why
not just take what you get when you run the function?

Chris