Re: pgsql: Allow to omit boundaries in array subscript

From: Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Allow to omit boundaries in array subscript
Date: 2015-12-18 18:28:10
Message-ID: 5674503A.1050301@sigaev.ru
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I will work on it.

Tom Lane wrote:
> Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> writes:
>> Allow to omit boundaries in array subscript
>
> For the record, this patch wasn't nearly ready to commit.
>
> * User-facing documentation is very poor; at the least it needs
> copy-editing by someone with better command of English.
>
> * Comments are next to nonexistent. I note for example that the
> description of struct A_Indices wasn't updated, much less that of
> ArrayRef.
>
> * Some error messages aren't meeting the style guidelines.
>
> * I'm dubious that the parsetree representation is well-chosen.
> Probably a single is_slice flag would have been better.
>
> * Dumps core on fixed-length arrays, eg
>
> regression=# select f1[1:] from point_tbl;
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>
> I think it should be reverted and sent back for another round of
> review. If not, I'll probably spend tomorrow cleaning it up,
> but I really have other things I should be doing.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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