Re: BUG #19417: '\dD' fails to list user-defined domains that shadow built-in type names (e.g., 'numeric')

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: yuanchao zhang <zhangyc0706(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #19417: '\dD' fails to list user-defined domains that shadow built-in type names (e.g., 'numeric')
Date: 2026-02-27 01:20:23
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZiwvqLo4OryjsBjnQjzDu7c_GkJrYiUuwoJKCGLTSGKA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM yuanchao zhang <zhangyc0706(at)gmail(dot)com>
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> Alternatively, we could explicitly explain the object display mechanism in
> the command's help documentation, or there are other ways to avoid this.
>

There is no bug here. Discussions on how to improve the documentation do
not belong on this mailing list.

If you have a concrete improvement to propose we have a -docs list for such
things. But the system is complex and sometimes requires reading multiple
areas to understand how something works.

David J.

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