| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alexey Klyukin <alexk(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: arrays as pl/perl input arguments [PATCH] |
| Date: | 2011-01-12 23:29:28 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTi=PViNJXkOAOwvXh0omj7zV7GiZ8NWTzQzwYCLX@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>> I thought the idea of overloading the string representation to look like
>> the old style was a cute solution. If we don't have anyone at hand who
>> knows how to do that, let's find someone who does. Not break our users'
>> code because we're too lazy to find out how to do it properly.
>
> What I was casting a bit of doubt on upthread was whether or not this would
> work without possibly breaking some code, in possibly silent or obscure
> ways. If I'm wrong about that, then by all means let's use some perl Magic
> (that's a technical term) to achieve this. IIRC Alex recently posted some
> code that might be instructive about this.
I agree with your gut feeling. I suspect the Perl magic solution will
make no one very happy.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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