Re: stand-alone composite types patch (was [HACKERS] Proposal: stand-alone composite types)

Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> Shouldn't "integer" be recognized as a valid type?
>> Not when double-quoted; you are being overzealous about quoting.

> I figured that out (new patch works "correctly"), but it does seem 
> inconsistent:

Would you expect "point[]" and point[] to be the same?

The actual type name is int4.  int4 and "int4" act the same.  Aliases
like int and integer are special keywords and so are not recognized
when quoted.

			regards, tom lane