Re: patch: General purpose utility functions used by the JSON data type

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 01:33:06PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:05 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:59:48PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Joseph Adams
> >> <joeyadams3(dot)14159(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> > Indeed, a built-in JSON data type will certainly not need it.
> >> > However, users may want to return enums from procedures written in
> >> > C, and this function provides a way to do it.
> >>
> >> Yeah, but I can't see accepting it on speculation.  We'll add it if
> >> and when it's clear that it will be generally useful.
> >
> > Please pardon me for jumping in here, but one of the things people
> > really love about PostgreSQL is that when you reach for something,
> > it's frequently "just there."
> >
> > As we're improving enums (allowing them to be altered easily after
> > creation, etc.), it seems reasonable to provide ways to return them
> > from all kinds of PLs, including making this easier in C.
>
> Maybe so, but it's not clear the interface that Joseph implemented is
> the one everyone wants...

Fair enough. What's the interface now in a nutshell? Lack of
nutshells might well mean the interface needs more work...

Cheers,
David.
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