With Chris Travers recently going O-R gung-ho on us I decided I wanted to
find out where in the documentation the following behavior is specified:

 

The expression:

 

(some_composite).calculated_field

 

resolves to the function call:

 

calculated_field(some_composite)

 

I know I've seen it before, though whether in the docs or in e-mail I am
unsure, but for the life of me browsing for it for about 10 minutes got me
nowhere - and I am not sure how to construct a meaningful search which would
be a secondary means to discover the information IMO.

 

I am beginning to see the value in having such a syntax but it seems unusual
enough that if it is indeed as powerful as Chris is discovering I would
think finding and espousing on its existence/features in the documentation
would be important.  Given that it has to do with functions and composite
types it should probably appear in both (and Advanced Features even) with
cross-references between the various locations.

 

Thoughts/Comments/Directions?


Thanks!

 

David J

 

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