| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Time to drop old-style (V0) functions? |
| Date: | 2017-03-01 07:15:15 |
| Message-ID: | 20170301071515.w6outba6762sbtam@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2016-12-08 13:34:41 -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it's not time for $subject:
> - V0 causes confusion / weird crashes when PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1 was
> forgotten
> - They have us keep weird hacks around just for the sake of testing V0
> - they actually cost performance, because we have to zero initialize Datums, even if
> the corresponding isnull marker is set.
> - they allow to call arbitrary functions pretty easily
>
> I don't see any reason to keep them around. If seriously doubt anybody
> is using them seriously in anything but error.
Patches attached.
| Attachment | Content-Type | Size |
|---|---|---|
| 0001-Move-contrib-seg-to-only-use-V1-calling-conventions.patch | text/x-patch | 21.8 KB |
| 0002-Remove-support-for-version-0-calling-conventions.patch | text/x-patch | 36.9 KB |
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