Re: [HACKERS] Type Categories for User-Defined Types

[David E. Wheeler]

On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:58, Tom Lane wrote:

Well, from a user's point of view, they're pretty much just strings

But they're a very restricted set of strings; I can't see that there's
any general-purpose use for allowing them as the source or destination
of I/O conversions.

*shrug* Okay, no big deal, I think.

Best,

David

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