Re: Adding argument names to aggregate functions

From: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
To: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Adding argument names to aggregate functions
Date: 2023-02-27 23:38:21
Message-ID: 3c173b2c-4a12-d398-6bf1-c48080541a42@postgresfriends.org
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On 2/27/23 14:22, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote:
> Hi hackers,
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who can never remember which way around
> the value and delimiter arguments go for string_agg() and has to look it
> up in the manual every time. To make it more convenient, here's a patch
> that adds proargnames to its pg_proc entries so that it can be seen with
> a quick \df in psql.
>
> I also added names to json(b)_object_agg() for good measure, even though
> they're more obvious. The remaining built-in multi-argument aggregate
> functions are the stats-related ones, where it's all just Y/X (but why
> in that order?), so I didn't think it was necessary. If others feel more
> strongly, I can add those too.

No comment on adding names for everything, but a big +1 for the ones
included here.
--
Vik Fearing

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