Re: [HACKERS] empty concatenate - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] empty concatenate
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Msg-id 8200.945996260@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] empty concatenate  ("D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy@druid.net>)
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"D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy@druid.net> writes:
>> ! Why is textcat() (and other) function called if result from this 
>> function is ignored, it is bad spending (my CPU is not boredom). See 
>> my 'C' example in my first letter...  

> This is the issue no matter which side of the debate you are on.

"Debate"?  There's no debate --- everybody agrees that the current
fmgr interface doesn't handle NULLs reasonably.  It's just a matter
of finding time to fix it.  It's a fairly large project, given the
amount of code that needs to be touched.
        regards, tom lane


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