Neil Conway wrote:
>
>
> I'm still unconvinced that this feature would be sufficiently useful to
> justify the maintenance burden, in addition to the added complexity:
> even if it is implemented in a way that imposes minimal *runtime*
> overhead, new features add complexity: introducing a bunch of new DDL
> commands and a new concept ("synonyms") makes the system more difficult
> for users to understand.
Synonyms appear to me a little like domains. I like them to abstract
from proprietary data types. Similar, leightweight synonyms (pg_class
entries) allow some abstraction if needed, without using rules. I don't
think that synonyms are more difficult to understand than domains.
Regards,
Andreas