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Subject: Re: FmgrInfo allocation patterns (and PL handling as staged
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To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On 04/06/25 13:33, Tom Lane wrote:
> Maybe you'd be interested in using funccache.

O funccache, where were you a year or two ago?

Can a spread-out variadic "any" arg list ever vary
in length or type on the fly at a single call site?
I notice that funccache only hashes the first nargs
argument types.

Regards,
-Chap