Re: Release changes

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Here are the changes for 7.4. I am looking for any improvements. This
> will be adjusted as we move through beta.
>

Almost anything with my name on it (but certainly all the array and
polymorphic function stuff) could have Tom's too, since he reviewed,
polished, and applied it.

> Server Configuration
>
> Allow the postmaster to preload libraries using preload_libraries
> (Joe)
You might want to move this one up to Performance. Also, it might better
be "...to preload and preinitialize libraries..."

> Add pg_settings table to see server settings (Joe)
This should be more like:
Add new columns to pg_settings view: context, vartype, source , min_val,
max_val (Joe)

> Data Types and Functions
>
> Allow WHERE qualifications of the form 'col IN/ANY/SOME/ALL (array) (?) (Joe)
This should be
Allow WHERE qualifications of the form 'expr <oper> ANY/SOME/ALL
(array-expr)' (Tom) (Joe)

> Allow SQL functions to return arrays and take them as params (Joe)
I think you must be referring to polymorphism here. Maybe:
Allow polymorphic SQL functions (Tom) (Joe)

Also:
Allow user defined aggregates to use polymorphic functions (Tom) (Joe)
Allow polymorphic user defined aggregates (Tom) (Joe)

> Server-side Languages
>
Allow polymorphic PL/pgSQL functions (Tom) (Joe)
Improved compiled function caching mechanism in PL/pgSQL with full
support for polymorphism (Tom) (Joe)
Add new $0 parameter in PL/pgSQL representing the function's actual
return type (Tom) (Joe)

> Contrib
>
> Add hashes to tablefuncs (Joe)
More like:
Add hashed based crosstab function to tablefuncs (Joe)

And:
Add optional serial column for ordering siblings to connectby() in
tablefuncs (Nabil Sayegh) (Joe)

> Fix second argument to metaphone() in fullystrmatch
Fix bug in metaphone() in fuzzystrmatch

Joe