Tom Lane wrote: > > Justin Clift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > From the info still around, this looks to mean that the cash_words() > > problem was fixed, but the cash_out() problem was harder to fix. > > > Tom/Bruce, is that correct? > > The cash_out problem can't really be fixed until we do something about > subdividing type "opaque" into multiple pseudo-types with more carefully > defined meanings. cash_out is declared cash_out(opaque) which does not > really mean that it accepts any input type ... but one of the several > meanings of "opaque" is "accepts any type", so the parser doesn't reject > cash_out(2). > > I'd like to see something done about this fairly soon, but it's not > happening for 7.3 ...
Hang on, you seem to be suggesting we release a major new upgrade, with major new functionality, knowing it contains a way to trivially crash the backend. Err.. hang on. What happened to our reputation for quality and releasing "when it's ready"? Since when were we Microsoft-ized? ;-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift > regards, tom lane -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
