pgsql: Adjust constant-folding of CASE expressions so that the simple

From: tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Adjust constant-folding of CASE expressions so that the simple
Date: 2005-02-02 21:49:10
Message-ID: 20050202214910.EBB4E8B9D02@svr1.postgresql.org
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Adjust constant-folding of CASE expressions so that the simple comparison
form of CASE (eg, CASE 0 WHEN 1 THEN ...) can be constant-folded as it
was in 7.4. Also, avoid constant-folding result expressions that are
certainly unreachable --- the former coding was a bit cavalier about this
and could generate unexpected results for all-constant CASE expressions.
Add regression test cases. Per report from Vlad Marchenko.

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util:
clauses.c (r1.187 -> r1.188)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c.diff?r1=1.187&r2=1.188)
pgsql/src/test/regress/expected:
case.out (r1.8 -> r1.9)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/test/regress/expected/case.out.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.9)
pgsql/src/test/regress/sql:
case.sql (r1.5 -> r1.6)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/test/regress/sql/case.sql.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6)

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