Re: "anyelement2" pseudotype

Tom Lane wrote:
> Tom Dunstan <pgsql@tomd.cc> writes:
>   
>> The enum patch [1] does exactly this with an ANYENUM pseudo-type. It 
>> should provide a pretty good overview of what will be required.
>>     
>
> ANYENUM?  What's the use-case for that?  These special cases in the
> type system are enough of a pain-in-the-neck for the code that I'm
> disinclined to add one without a very solid argument for it.
>   


Well ... *somebody* suggested it here ... 
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-11/msg00457.php

;-)

cheers

andrew