Re: BIT/BIT VARYING names (was Re: [HACKERS] Beta for 4:30AST)

> Okay, that's the first reasonable argument I've heard in this thread, and
> I'll buy it. Since correspondence between internal type names and function
> names *is* achievable without hacks we might as well go for this one.
> 
> In turn I'm thinking that it might be nice to have a backend function like
> format_type(name[, int4]) that formats an internal type and any size
> modifier for client consumption, like
> 
>     format_type('varchar', 8)     => "CHARACTER VARYING(8)"
>     format_type('my type')        => "\"my type\""
>     format_type('numeric', {xxx}) => "NUMERIC(9,2)"
> 
> That could put an end to keeping track of backend implementation details
> in psql, pg_dump, and friends.

Great idea!  psql and pg_dump can use it.

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