Re: Do all rows from a set have the same TupleDesc?

Hi Tom,

> Yeah, caching such info is common. It's traditional to code defensively
> about the validity of the cache (see e.g. record_out), but I'm not sure
> to what extent that's really necessary for aggregates. In the case of
> record_out, paranoia is probably justified because FmgrInfo structs for
> I/O functions may get cached and re-used across statements, but I doubt
> that can happen for an aggregate.

The implementation of record_out is exactly what I was planning plus some
extra defenses. I'd consider the record type changing mid aggregation a
race condition, so I'll drop those checks.

Thanks a lot for the information.

Regards,

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