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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2002-09-24 21:26:44 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2002-09-24 21:26:44 +0000
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Update some obsolete comments and column descriptions.
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-rw-r--r--src/include/catalog/pg_type.h16
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
index 09ebbe5e05d..06ac2f340a6 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $Id: pg_type.h,v 1.133 2002/09/04 20:31:42 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: pg_type.h,v 1.134 2002/09/24 21:26:44 tgl Exp $
*
* NOTES
* the genbki.sh script reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -153,18 +153,16 @@ CATALOG(pg_type) BOOTSTRAP
Oid typbasetype;
/*
- * typtypmod records type-specific data supplied at domain creation
- * time (for example, the max length of a varchar field). It is
- * passed to type-specific input and output functions as the third
- * argument. The value will generally be -1 for types that do not need
- * typmod. This value is copied to pg_attribute.atttypmod when
- * creating a column of a domain type.
+ * Domains use typtypmod to record the typmod to be applied to their
+ * base type (-1 if base type does not use a typmod). -1 if this type
+ * is not a domain.
*/
int4 typtypmod;
/*
- * typndims is the declared number of dimensions for a domain type
- * that is an array (with element type typbasetype). Otherwise zero.
+ * typndims is the declared number of dimensions for an array domain type
+ * (i.e., typbasetype is an array type; the domain's typelem will match
+ * the base type's typelem). Otherwise zero.
*/
int4 typndims;