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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Erik Wienhold <ewie@ewie.name>
Cc: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Chris BSomething <xpusostomos@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #18715: replace() function silently fails if 3rd argument is null
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:40:48 -0500
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Erik Wienhold <ewie@ewie.name> writes:
> On 2024-11-19 17:47 +0100, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I thought we documented somewhere that built-in functions are strict
>> unless explicitly stated otherwise ... but I sure can't find that
>> statement right now.

> Perhaps this one?:
>> (Most internal functions expect to be declared “strict”.)
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xfunc-internal.html

I did see that one, but it's not exactly in an obvious-to-novices
place.

David was working on a new docs section that would talk more about
SQL NULLs in general.  Maybe that would be a reasonable place?
An alternative could be somewhere early in func.sgml, but that chapter
doesn't really have anything I would call an overview section.

			regards, tom lane





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