RE: ORA-XS-370-B: Signature of function-available()

Yes, I think we probably should. I think we should probably also
consider restricting the ability to construct the function name at
run-time, since we provide no capability to call functions whose name
isn't known statically.

Michael Kay

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> Subject: ORA-XS-370-B: Signature of function-available()
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> SECTION 18.1.1: Testing Availability of Functions
> 
> Shouldn't we add an optional argument (type of integer) to 
> function-available() indicating the value of arity? 
> User-defined functions may have same name but different 
> arity. If the check is only based on name, 
> function-available() may return true, when it should be false.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Scardina
> Oracle Corporation
> 

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