Re: Anonymous record member access

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: Anonymous record member access
Date: 2026-09-15 12:29:28
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On Monday, September 14, 2026, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/sql-expressions.html
> Description:
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> To summarize, things I don't understand from the docs:
> - where exactly the .f1 notation is documented

It probably isn’t documented behavior and thus should not be relied upon.

> - where/why it's not allowed to be used
> - how/why a ROW changes behavior when returned from a FUNCTION

I suspect these are just boundary issues that would be considered bugs if
this entire thing were considered documented behavior.

David J.

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