Re: Variadic parameters vs parameter defaults - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Variadic parameters vs parameter defaults
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Msg-id 2292.1229541779@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Variadic parameters vs parameter defaults  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Variadic parameters vs parameter defaults  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On Wednesday 17 December 2008 20:50:22 Tom Lane wrote:
>> The behavior at zero arguments is
>> certainly a judgment call, but it seems to me that we'll wind up with
>> more warts and less flexibility if we try to make the system install a
>> default behavior for that case.

> Maybe we'll just let it be for now and see what kind of user demands we get.

Fair enough.  We could possibly have the system install a "default
default" for variadic arguments, but I'd rather add that later
on the basis of demand than stick it in now.
        regards, tom lane


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