Thanks, in this case works :-) However, this does not solve all cases. Unlikely, but possible to create, cyclic case can not be restored:
$ psql create database test; \connect test create function fn1(param1 int) returns int as $$ select $1 $$ language sql immutable; create function fn2(param1 int default fn1(8)) returns int as $$ select $1 $$ language sql immutable; create or replace function fn1(param1 int = fn2(3)) returns int as $$ select $1 $$ language sql immutable; \df List of functions Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types | Type --------+------+------------------+-------------------------------+-------- public | fn1 | integer | param1 integer DEFAULT fn2(3) | normal public | fn2 | integer | param1 integer DEFAULT fn1(8) | normal (2 rows) \q $ pg_dump -F c test > test.backup pg_dump: [sorter] WARNING: could not resolve dependency loop among these items: pg_dump: [sorter] FUNCTION fn2 (ID 173 OID 16398) pg_dump: [sorter] FUNCTION fn1 (ID 174 OID 16397) $ psql -c "drop database test" $ psql -c "create database test" $ pg_restore -d test test.backup pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error while PROCESSING TOC: pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 173; 1255 16398 FUNCTION fn2(integer) postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function fn1(integer) does not exist LINE 1: CREATE FUNCTION fn2(param1 integer DEFAULT fn1(8)) RETURNS i... ^ HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts. Command was: CREATE FUNCTION fn2(param1 integer DEFAULT fn1(8)) RETURNS integer LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE AS $_$ select $1 $_$; pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function public.fn2(integer) does not exist Command was: ALTER FUNCTION public.fn2(param1 integer) OWNER TO postgres; pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 174; 1255 16397 FUNCTION fn1(integer) postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function fn2(integer) does not exist LINE 1: CREATE FUNCTION fn1(param1 integer DEFAULT fn2(3)) RETURNS i... ^ HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts. Command was: CREATE FUNCTION fn1(param1 integer DEFAULT fn2(3)) RETURNS integer LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE AS $_$ select $1 $_$; pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: function public.fn1(integer) does not exist Command was: ALTER FUNCTION public.fn1(param1 integer) OWNER TO postgres; WARNING: errors ignored on restore: 4 $ psql test \df List of functions Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types | Type --------+------+------------------+---------------------+------ (0 rows)