Re: [HACKERS] Doccumentation Patch for Create Function

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bernard Frankpitt <frankpit(at)pop(dot)dn(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Doccumentation Patch for Create Function
Date: 1999-09-28 04:32:24
Message-ID: 199909280432.AAA00946@candle.pha.pa.us
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Applied Docs too.

> Hi all,
>
> Please find attached diffs to the documentation that are intended to
> accompany the CREATE FUNCTION patch that I submitted earlier. I stuck
> with the syntax in the original patch rather than the alternative
> syntax suggested by Andreas.
>
> When I was altering the xfunc.sgml page I came across this:
>
> <title>Name Space Conflicts</title>
>
> <para>
> As of <productname>Postgres</productname> v6.5,
> <command>CREATE FUNCTION</command> can decouple a C language
> function name from the name of the entry point. This is now the
> preferred technique to accomplish function overloading.
> </para>
>
> which seems to suggest that someone had a similar idea in the past. I
> could find no evidence of this functionality in the 6.5 code though
>
> Bernard Frankpitt

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