Recursive function DDL results in an infinite loop

create type SomeThing {
   create link child -> SomeThing;
};

create function get_all_children_ordered(parent: SomeThing) -> SET OF SomeThing 
Using (SELECT SomeThing);

ALTER FUNCTION get_all_children_ordered(parent: SomeThing) USING ( SELECT parent.child UNION get_all_children_ordered(parent) );

results in

ERROR: InternalServerError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

[elprans]

@adriangb, yes, the solution was to explicitly prohibit, which is better than crashing. Please open a new feature request if you’d like to see this implemented properly, ideally with some example use cases to help us better understand the need.

[adriangb]

Just to clarify: the solution here was to prohibit defining recursive functions temporarily until the feature is implemented? If so maybe best o keep the issue open, or is there any other way I can track progress on this actually getting implemented?