Re: WIP: default values for function parameters

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "postgres hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WIP: default values for function parameters
Date: 2008-11-24 13:25:13
Message-ID: 17091.1227533113@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> 2008/11/24 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>:
>> Could you explain why you store the default expressions in a new posexpr
>> type rather than in an array of text (compare pg_attrdef.adbin)?

> I would to implement named params - and there expressions, that are
> used as default params, should not be continual. I don't store params
> as array of text because I would to eliminate repeated expression's
> parsing. So I use similar machanism used for rules or views.

Say again? The representation Peter is suggesting *is* what is used
in rules and views. If you've re-invented that wheel, undo it.

regards, tom lane

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