why handling of input arrays in plperl is unusable? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject why handling of input arrays in plperl is unusable?
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Msg-id 20080731131021.GA4075@depesz.com
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I tried to write a variadic function with pl/perl, but apparently arrays
are passed to pl/perl in their textout format.
Parsing it in pl/perl is possible but *very* cumbersome. Is there any
plan to add some sanity to passing arrays to plperl function?
I can already return [1,2,3], so maybe such transition on input wouldn't
be impossible?

Best regards,

depesz

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