Re: [PATCHES] patch implementing the multi-argument aggregates (SOC project) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] patch implementing the multi-argument aggregates (SOC project)
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Msg-id 10792.1153752557@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Sergey E. Koposov" <math@sai.msu.ru> writes:
> Since the feature freeze is in a few days, I'm sending the first iteration
> of my patch implementing the multi-argument aggregates (PolyArgAgg) (SOC
> project)

This patch is nowhere near ready for submission :-(.  Most of the
comments seem to be "I don't know what to do here" ...

A general hint on the polymorphic stuff is that you should be able to
exactly duplicate what's done for polymorphic functions --- or even
better, get rid of the separate code for aggregates and just invoke
the existing logic for functions.  (You might need to refactor code
a little bit to separate out the common functionality.)

Instead of copying data inside advance_transition_function, it might
be better for the caller to store the values into the right fields
of a temporary FunctionCallInfoData struct, and just pass that to
advance_transition_function.

The names for the new aggregates seem a bit, how to say, terse and
unfriendly.  SQL generally tends to a more verbose style of naming.

            regards, tom lane

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