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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2017-01-25 09:27:09 -0500
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2017-01-25 09:27:09 -0500
commitd8d32d9a56a3cecfb14e8f47ebd50b780edffe60 (patch)
treef06a9fe35cc90008aabb19146fa29d344814a29a /doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
parent1e7c4bb0049732ece651d993d03bb6772e5d281a (diff)
Make UNKNOWN into an actual pseudo-type.
Previously, type "unknown" was labeled as a base type in pg_type, which perhaps had some sense to it because you were allowed to create tables with unknown-type columns. But now that we don't allow that, it makes more sense to label it a pseudo-type. This has the additional effects of forbidding use of "unknown" as a domain base type, cast source or target type, PL function argument or result type, or plpgsql local variable type; all of which seem like good holes to plug. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2L28uwwbL9HUM-WR=hromW1Cvamkn7O-g8fPY2m=_7muJ0oA@mail.gmail.com
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index 8108a430951..e7057789d32 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] FUNCTION
</para>
<para>
Depending on the implementation language it might also be allowed
- to specify <quote>pseudotypes</> such as <type>cstring</>.
- Pseudotypes indicate that the actual argument type is either
+ to specify <quote>pseudo-types</> such as <type>cstring</>.
+ Pseudo-types indicate that the actual argument type is either
incompletely specified, or outside the set of ordinary SQL data types.
</para>
<para>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] FUNCTION
can be a base, composite, or domain type,
or can reference the type of a table column.
Depending on the implementation language it might also be allowed
- to specify <quote>pseudotypes</> such as <type>cstring</>.
+ to specify <quote>pseudo-types</> such as <type>cstring</>.
If the function is not supposed to return a value, specify
<type>void</> as the return type.
</para>