Re: hstores in pl/python

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> If the element values all have to be the same type, you've
>> basically got hstore.

> Not exactly, because in hstore all the element values have to be,
> specifically, text.  Having hstores of other kinds of objects would,
> presumably, be useful.

Maybe, but I'm sure they'd have far less application than hstore.
There's a reason why that's based on text and not some other type ...
        regards, tom lane