Re: plperl vs. bytea

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Theo Schlossnagle" <jesus(at)omniti(dot)com>
Subject: Re: plperl vs. bytea
Date: 2007-05-07 05:38:36
Message-ID: 162867790705062238x54a895bx2412ac1678384d61@mail.gmail.com
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> What we've basically got here is a complaint that the default
> textual-representation-based method for transmitting PL function
> parameters and results is awkward and inefficient for bytea.
> So the first question is whether this is really localized to only
> bytea, and if not which other types have got similar issues.
> (Even if you make the case that no other scalar types need help,
> what of bytea[] and composite types containing bytea or bytea[]?)
>

It can be solution for known isues. Current textual representation is
more ugly hack than everythink else.

Regards
Pavel Stehule

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