On Thursday, September 4, 2025, Philip Warner <[email protected]> wrote:
> *The Solution* > > Some syntax like: > > SELECT CAST((F1=> value1, F2 => value2) AS FOO BY NAME) > > or > > SELECT FOO(F1 => VALUE1, F2=> value2); > > or some other well-defined and non-conflicting syntax. > Don’t really see the point of new syntax here - both things you wrote are already effectively syntactically valid if a user-defined function exists; and it’s a cleaner interface. Plus, the serialized form of a composite doesn’t include field names so giving those names special treatment elsewhere feels excessive. Expanding cast with custom features seems particularly undesirable. David J.
