Re: Function with defval returns error

On Monday 15 December 2008 15:43:00 Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > Rushabh Lathia wrote:
> >> I think this should not return error as the input args here is
> >> timestamp... inputs?
> >
> > In theory yes, but it's currently not that smart.
>
> This is truly horrid.  Was that patch *really* ready to commit?
> I noticed some comments added to polymorphism.sql that certainly
> look like there's still a lot of half-bakedness in it.

There is that one case where a call that could be allowed is overly-cautiously 
rejected.  That only happens if you have a mix of overloading and default 
parameters.  It's not really half-baked in the sense that it is not 
digestible; it's just not the greatest cake yet.  It's 
improvement-compatible.