Re[2]: bool_plperl transform

From: Wao <wao(at)mail(dot)ru>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re[2]: bool_plperl transform
Date: 2020-03-01 08:02:10
Message-ID: 1583049730.278871202@f150.i.mail.ru
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Sorry,
 
Please find the full patch attached.
 
Ivan
 
>Воскресенье, 1 марта 2020, 7:57 +03:00 от Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>:

>
>On 2/29/20 4:55 PM, Ivan Panchenko wrote:
>> Hi,
>> While using PL/Perl I have found that it obtains boolean arguments
>> from Postgres as ‘t’ and ‘f’, which is extremely inconvenient because
>> ‘f’ is not false from the perl viewpoint.
>> So the problem is how to convert the SQL booleans into Perl style.
>>  
>> There are 3 ways to do this:
>>
>> 1. make plperl automatically convert bools into something acceptable
>> for perl. This looks simple, but probably is not acceptable as it
>> breaks compatibility.
>> 2. try to make some trick like it is done with arrays, i.e. convert
>> bools into special Perl objects which look like ‘t’ and ‘f’ when
>> treated as text, but are true and false for boolean operations. I
>> am not sure that it is possible and reliable.
>> 3. make a transform which transforms bool, like it is done with
>> jsonb. This does not break compatibility and is rather
>> straightforward.
>>
>> So I propose to take the third way and make such transform. This is
>> very simple, a patch is attached.
>> Also this patch improves the plperl documentation page, which now has
>> nothing said about the transforms.
>>  
>>
>
>Patch appears to be missing all the new files.
>
>
>cheers
>
>
>andrew
>
>
>
>--
>Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com
>PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

 
 
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Иван Панченко
 

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