pgsql/src include/utils/builtins.h backend/uti ...

* Tom Lane <tgl@hub.org> [010609 17:16]:

CVSROOT: /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot
Module name: pgsql
Changes by: tgl@hub.org 01/06/09 18:16:18

Modified files:
src/include/utils: builtins.h
src/backend/utils/adt: network.c selfuncs.c

Log message:
Teach convert_to_scalar about datatypes timetz, inet, cidr, macaddr.

What does this mean for users of these types? (Can we now cast
directly? )

LER

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Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:

* Tom Lane <tgl@hub.org> [010609 17:16]:

Teach convert_to_scalar about datatypes timetz, inet, cidr, macaddr.

What does this mean for users of these types? (Can we now cast
directly? )

No, it means the planner now has a clue about selectivity of range
queries for these datatypes, ie, it might possibly make the right
decision about seq vs index scan and so on.

regards, tom lane