Re: TRIM_ARRAY

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dian Fay <dian(dot)m(dot)fay(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Vik Fearing <vikreykja(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: TRIM_ARRAY
Date: 2021-03-01 23:53:41
Message-ID: 865850.1614642821@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dian Fay <dian(dot)m(dot)fay(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> This basically does what it says, and the code looks good. The
> documentation is out of alphabetical order (trim_array should appear
> under cardinality rather than over)) but good otherwise. I was able to
> "break" the function with an untyped null in psql:

> select trim_array(null, 2);
> ERROR: could not determine polymorphic type because input has type unknown

That's a generic parser behavior for polymorphic functions, not something
this particular function could or should dodge.

regards, tom lane

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