On 10/31/17 14:23, Tom Lane wrote: > Putting 0 in prorettype seems like a pretty bad idea.
It seemed like the natural thing to do, since we use a zero OID to indicate "nothing" in many other places. > Why not use VOIDOID for the prorettype value? We need a way to distinguish functions that are callable by SELECT and procedures that are callable by CALL. > Or if there is some reason why "void" isn't the > right pseudotype, maybe you should invent a new one, analogous to the > "trigger" and "event_trigger" pseudotypes. I guess that would be doable, but I think it would make things more complicated without any gain that I can see. In the case of the pseudotypes you mention, those are the actual types mentioned in the CREATE FUNCTION command. If we invented a new pseudotype, that would run the risk of existing code creating nonsensical reverse compilations like CREATE FUNCTION RETURNS PROCEDURE. Catalog queries using prorettype == 0 would behave sensibly by default. For example, an inner or outer join against pg_type would automatically make sense. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers