Re: proposal: variadic argument support for least, greatest function

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: variadic argument support for least, greatest function
Date: 2019-02-21 21:13:57
Message-ID: 16800.1550783637@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 04:04:41PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I still say we should reject this and invent array_greatest/array_least
>> functions instead.

> Might other array_* functions of this type be in scope for this patch?

Uh ... no, I wouldn't expect that. Why would we insist on more
functionality than is there now? (I'm only arguing about how we
present the functionality, not what it does.)

regards, tom lane

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