Re: proposal: variadic argument support for least, greatest function

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: variadic argument support for least, greatest function
Date: 2019-02-21 16:31:01
Message-ID: CAFj8pRAQJWscbrY3ZK3PzmhODsaUWxwt3PSt7a-zHW8tRH2cxA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

čt 21. 2. 2019 v 3:20 odesílatel Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>
napsal:

> The following review has been posted through the commitfest application:
> make installcheck-world: tested, passed
> Implements feature: tested, passed
> Spec compliant: not tested
> Documentation: not tested
>
> Latest patch passes installcheck-world as of d26a810 and does what it sets
> out to do.
>
> I am not sure I have an answer to the objections being raised on grounds
> of taste. To me, it's persuasive that GREATEST and LEAST are described in
> the docco as functions, they are used much like variadic functions, and
> this patch allows them to be used in the ways you would expect variadic
> functions to be usable.
>
> But as to technical readiness, this builds and passes installcheck-world.
> The functions behave as expected (and return null if passed an empty array,
> or an array containing only nulls, or variadic null::foo[]).
>
> Still no corresponding regression tests or doc.
>
> The new status of this patch is: Waiting on Author
>

I wrote doc (just one sentence) and minimal test. Both can be enhanced.

Regards

Pavel

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