Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > I am thinking we should hard-code something in the backend so if the > function oid is nextval/currval/setval, we strip off any text casting > internally.
NO. No bloody way ... that is far dirtier than any other proposal that's been made in this thread. I don't even want to think about what strange corner-case semantics that might create. >> So on the whole I like leaving nextval() as-is and introducing a >> separate function next_value(regclass). > I disagree. nextval() is too embedded in people's thinking to make them > change Why? And what's your evidence for this? You could equally well argue that the fact that nextval takes a text argument is too embedded to change. > when we have the ability to have it do the _right_ _thing_, We have no ability to make it do what you think is the right thing, at least not without introducing kluges that are certain to come back to haunt us. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly