Re: Proposal: new function array_init - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

"Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> I put fill value on end, because it is like default value:

> array_set(array[2,2]);
> array_set(array[2,2], 0);

Huh?  That's completely nonsensical ... where will you determine the
type of the array, if you don't have a sample element?

The fact that the fill value is determining the array type is why
it seems important enough to put first.
        regards, tom lane