From: | Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | David E(dot) Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
Subject: | Re: arrays as pl/perl input arguments [PATCH] |
Date: | 2011-01-12 20:04:56 |
Message-ID: | 27BFC63E-2347-40F3-A85B-ABB8AB375819@commandprompt.com |
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On Jan 12, 2011, at 8:52 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Jan 12, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Alexey Klyukin wrote:
>
>> You mean packing both a string representation and a reference to a single SV * value?
>
> Dunno, I'm not a guts guy.
Well, neither me (I haven't used much of the guts api there).
>
>> I haven't considered that (lack of extensive perlgus-foo) although I think that's an interesting idea. One drawback would be that it would require both conversion to a string format and to a perl reference, performing unnecessary actions during every time arrays are passed to a pl/perl function. If there is a strong dislike of the proposed 'compatibility' GUC option - I think I can change the existing patch to incorporate array string representation into the reference-holding SV quite easily.
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> Andrew's objections have merit. So perhaps just add this patch to the commit fest as is?
Already done :)
/A
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Alexey Klyukin
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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