It's certainly limiting, though you can write (or find implementations[0] of) custom types[1] that can be pretty powerful (void where prohibited, limitations ap

It's certainly limiting, though you can write (or find implementations[0] of) custom types[1] that can be pretty powerful (void where prohibited, limitations apply). [0] https://github.com/martin-georgiev/postgresql-for-doctrine https://github.com/martin-georgiev/postgresql-for-doctrine [1] https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/2.9/reference/types.html#custom-mapping-types https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/2...