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Re: Bug #633: CASE statement evaluation does not short-circut - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Thomas Lockhart
Subject Re: Bug #633: CASE statement evaluation does not short-circut
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In response to Re: [BUGS] Bug #633: CASE statement evaluation does not short-circut  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> I don't really consider this a bug; at least, fixing it would imply not
> const-simplifying the result expressions of CASEs, which is a cure far
> worse than the disease IMHO.  Does anyone think we *should* allow CASE
> to defeat const-simplification?

No. Constant-folding during parsing should *always* be allowed.
                  - Thomas

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