Re: Namespace issues

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 10:53:10AM -0700, Don Y wrote:
> But what *binds* my C declaration to the corresponding SQL
> "CREATE CAST"?
>
> E.g.,
>
> CREATE FUNCTION foo_from_baz(baz)
> RETURNS foo
> AS '...'
> LANGUAGE 'C' IMMUTABLE STRICT;

Your create functions would look like:

CREATE FUNCTION foo(baz)
RETURNS foo
AS '$libdir/yourlib','cast_foo_from_baz'
LANGUAGE 'C' IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE FUNCTION foo(baz2)
RETURNS foo
AS '$libdir/yourlib','cast_foo_from_baz2'
LANGUAGE 'C' IMMUTABLE STRICT;

> yet, to support the foo(baz) syntax, I would then need (?)
> to continue with:
>
> CREATE CAST (baz AS foo)
> WITH FUNCTION foo(baz);

Indeed, and also:

CREATE CAST (baz2 TO foo)
WITH FUNCTION foo(baz2)

Hope this helps,
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