Re: RFC for adding typmods to functions

Tom Lane wrote:
> Pavel submitted a patch to add typmods to function declarations, but there
> was no prior design discussion and it desperately needs some.  Let me try
> to summarize the issues that seem to need agreement.
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[excellent summary of problem areas snipped]

> Unless we have consensus on all of these points I don't think we should
> proceed with the patch.  Comments?
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Apart from all these it's not clear to me what the major benefits of 
doing this would be. I'd like an explanation of that to start with.

cheers

andrew