Unexpected argument handling in pl/python variadic argument function
create or replace function variadic_sql(template text, variadic args text[], out text)language sql as$$ select $1 ||
' -- ' || $2::text$$;
create or replace function variadic_python(template text, variadic args text[], out text)language plpythonu as$$
returntemplate + ' -- ' + str(args)$$;
-- expected
select variadic_sql('<html>{foo}{bar}</html>', '1', '2'); variadic_sql
------------------------------------<html>{foo}{bar}</html> -- {1,2}
-- first scalar arg also in the variadic args
select variadic_python('<html>{foo}{bar}</html>', '1', '2');
variadic_python
----------------------------------------------------------------------<html>{foo}{bar}</html> --
['<html>{foo}{bar}</html>',['1', '2']]
select version();PostgreSQL 9.0.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc (Gentoo 4.4.2 p1.0) 4.4.2, 32-bit
(1 row)
I could not find very much documentation and only this on the lists:
from Jan Urbański on his planned improvements for pl/python:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-12/msg00551.php
> * variadic argument handling (is this possible for a non-plpgsql pl?)
Does this mean this is already a recognized flaw or it was unknown at
the time if the feature was implemented? I would definitely would not
expect the argument to duplicated. I know there is big patch for
pl/python being reviewed right now. Perhaps this is being fixed? It
would be wonderful for plpython to support complex arguments
gracefully.
--
Thanks,
Nate Carson
