Re: (SETOF) RECORD AS complex_type

David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> What would be involved in fixing the casting operation so that the
> following would work?

> CREATE TYPE foo AS (
>     a INT4,
>     b INT8,
>     c POINT,
>     d TEXT
> );

> CREATE FUNCTION bar(output_type TEXT)
> RETURNS SETOF RECORD
> ...

> SELECT * FROM bar('foo') AS foo;

The problem with that is that "AS foo" already has a meaning, and it's
not this one.
        regards, tom lane