Re: User Defined Types in Java

On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 01:53:13PM +0100, Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> >If you look at the code it says in a comment:
> >
> >                /*
> >                 * Only C-coded functions can be I/O functions.  We
> >                 enforce this
> >                 * restriction here mainly to prevent littering the
> >                 catalogs with
> >                 * shell types due to simple typos in user-defined function
> >                 * definitions.
> >                 */
> >
>
> Ouch. Any chance of getting this changed? If we can agree on a good design
> I'd be happy to implement and submit it.

Actually, I'm think this whole automatic creation of a shell-type a bit
silly anyway. Why not simply solve the problem directly like so:

CREATE TYPE complex AS SHELL;

or

DECLARE TYPE complex;

Don't beat around the bush, say what you mean.

Thoughts?
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