Re: Are scalar type's in/out functions implicitly STRICT?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 05:45:44 +0500, Denis Zaitsev <zzz@cd-club.ru> wrote:
> So, I create some new scalar type and I don't declare its in/out
> functions as STRICT.  But PostgreSQL copes with them such as they
> would be STRICT - they never get the NULL value.  And this is not
> documented, AFAIK.  Have I missed something or is it a some hard
> well-known etc. fact?  Thanks in advance.

Are you using the version one calling sequence?
The version zero method doesn't have a way handle nulls other than by
declaring the function strict.