Re: User-defined typle similar to char(length) varchar(length)

From: Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: User-defined typle similar to char(length) varchar(length)
Date: 2006-08-03 18:24:43
Message-ID: 44D23F6B.3090801@sigaev.ru
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> or so timeframe ... but feel free to improve it if you can.

I'm not very familiar with yacc/bison, so pls, review attached patch. I may miss
something... It's based on ideas in previous discussions:
http://www.pgsql.ru/db/mw/msg.html?mid=1995063
http://www.pgsql.ru/db/mw/msg.html?mid=2091842

Patch adds support of typmod to any type, support of typmod to format_type().
I partially make typename and function name as different set except forms like
"select TYPE 'asd'" or "select TYPE(N) 'asd'".

Type modifier can be only one integer >=0, however grammar rules allow it to be
list of expressions. It was done for simplify far future :)

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Teodor Sigaev E-mail: teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru
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