Re: variadic function support - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: variadic function support
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Msg-id 162867790806260803i79d90437n6ad2fe02c5f3ea52@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: variadic function support  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: variadic function support  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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2008/6/25 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> Your point about the syntax is good though.  It would be better if
>>>> the syntax were like
>>>> create function foo (a text, variadic b int[])
>>>> or maybe even better
>>>> create function foo (a text, variadic b int)
>
>> I don't see problem with your syntax. It well block combination OUT
>> and VARIADIC parameter - my one request, variadic parameter have to be
>> array.
>
> Well, we should certainly store the parameter type as an array in
> proargtypes, because that makes this feature transparent to all the
> PLs.  However, it doesn't follow that the CREATE FUNCTION syntax
> has to specify the array type rather than the element type.  I think
> the Java precedent might be good reason to go with using the element
> type in the function declaration.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>
Hello

this is third variant with variadic argumen as scalar. But I still
strongly prefer second variant with conformance declared variadic
array with used array variable.

Regards
Pavel Stehule

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