Re: default parameters for built-in functions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: default parameters for built-in functions
Date: 2009-04-07 00:36:43
Message-ID: 1432.1239064603@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Well, not that this is appropriate at this moment, but I had been considering
> proposing we do this to most of pg_proc and pg_operator. It's really quite a
> pain to maintain these files manually, especially pg_operator.

You won't get far with doing it to pg_proc: internal functions *have to*
have entries in there, else the fmgrtab infrastructure for them doesn't
get created. (Yeah, I suppose there are other ways to drive that, but
the fact remains that they need more than just a SQL command.)

regards, tom lane

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