Re: [HACKERS] plpgsql, return can contains any expression

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, neilc(at)samurai(dot)com
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] plpgsql, return can contains any expression
Date: 2006-09-15 21:17:48
Message-ID: BAY114-F21BB578F2FA3B0B772FFA2F92E0@phx.gbl
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>"Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> This patch doesn't seem to cope with cases where the supplied tuple has
> >> the wrong number of columns, and it doesn't look like it's being
>careful
> >> about dropped columns either. Also, that's a mighty bizarre-looking
> >> choice of cache memory context in coerce_to_tuple ... but then again,
> >> why are you bothering with a cache at all for temporary arrays?
>
> > I am sorry, Tom. But I don't understand. I can check number of columns,
> > ofcourse and I'll do it. What cache for temporary arrays do you mean?
>
>I thought that making coerce_to_tuple depend on estate->err_func was
>pretty bizarre, and that there was no need for any "cache" at all for
>arrays that need only live as long as the function runs. All you are
>saving here is a palloc/pfree cycle, which is not worth the obscurantism
>and risk of bugs (are you sure natts can never change?).

No, cache there is ugly. But I don't have idea about more efective
implementation of it :-(. First version of this patch was more clean. and
little bit slow. This cache save 10%.

>
>BTW, if you want this patch to make it into 8.2, it needs to be fixed
>and resubmitted *very* soon.

I understand, but I am not able work on it in next four days. And I need
help with it from Neil. It will be for 8.3.

Thank you
Pavel

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