Re: Type implemented in plpythonu crashes backend

Added to open items list:
* have plpython reject pseudotype arguments because it crashes

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Tom Lane wrote:
> pgsql@groks.org writes:
> > I'd like to implement new postgres types in a language other than C for
> > prototyping speed.  plpgsql won't let me create a function which takes a
> > cstring, and neither will pltcl.  Happily, plpythonu will, and it seems
> > to work fine.
> 
> I'd say this is an oversight in the plpython code --- it should be
> rejecting pseudotype arguments, since as you've discovered it cannot
> really cope.  It should *certainly* reject "opaque" ... might be okay to
> allow cstring but I'm not sure.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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