eval_const_expresisions and ScalarArrayOpExpr

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: eval_const_expresisions and ScalarArrayOpExpr
Date: 2017-05-11 15:03:29
Message-ID: 3be3b82c-e29c-b674-2163-bf47d98817b1@iki.fi
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Eval_const_expressions() doesn't know about ScalarArrayOpExpr. We
simplify the arguments, but if all the arguments are booleans, we don't
take the obvious step of replacing the whole expression with a boolean
Const. For example:

postgres=# explain select * from foo where 1 IN (1,2,3);
QUERY PLAN
-------------------------------------------------------------
Result (cost=0.00..35.50 rows=2550 width=4)
One-Time Filter: (1 = ANY ('{1,2,3}'::integer[]))
-> Seq Scan on foo (cost=0.00..35.50 rows=2550 width=4)
(3 rows)

I would've expected that to be fully evaluated at plan-time, and
optimized away.

That seems like an oversight. I guess that scenario doesn't happen very
often in practice, but there's no reason not to do it when it does.
Patch attached.

On a side-note, I find it a bit awkward that ScalarArrayOpExpr uses a
2-element List to hold the scalar and array arguments. Wouldn't it be
much more straightforward to have explicit "Expr *scalararg" and "Expr
*arrayarg" fields?

- Heikki

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0001-Const-eval-ScalarArrayOpExprs.patch invalid/octet-stream 2.1 KB

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