Re: pg_dump sort order for functions

On mån, 2010-01-11 at 10:44 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > pg_dump sorts its output first by object type, then by object name, and
> > then processes all that for dependencies.  This works well, but for
> > overloaded functions this still gives a random sort order that can
> > produce annoying diffs in the dump.
> 
> > Would it be acceptable to introduce a secondary sort key field into the
> > DumpableObject struct that functions would fill with, say, the argument
> > types (maybe something like "text,int,int" -- need to play with this a
> > little)?
> 
> I think you could probably use the existing tag field; no need for a new
> one.

Sorry, which tag field are you referring to?