From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
Cc: Doug Doole <ddoole@salesforce.com>
Subject: Re: WIP: Faster Expression Processing v4
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:51:25 -0500
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On 3/7/17 19:14, Andres Freund wrote:
>> Why shouldn't the function itself also depend on the components of its
>> return type?
> Because that'd make it impossible to change the return type components -
> if the return type is baked into the view that's necessary, but for a
> "freestanding function" it's not. If you e.g. have a function that just
> returns a table's rows, it'd certainly be annoying if that'd prevent you
> from dropping columns.
I think functions breaking when the return type is fiddled with is
actually a not-uncommon problem in practice. It would be nice if that
could be addressed. Not necessarily in this patch, but I would like to
keep the options open. Comments from others would be welcome on this.
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