Re: default parameters for built-in functions

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: default parameters for built-in functions
Date: 2009-04-08 23:47:29
Message-ID: 200904090247.30943.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Thursday 09 April 2009 02:24:53 Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > What is the purpose of fmgrtab anyway?
>
> It's so we can find the addresses of "internal" functions to call them.

Ah yes of course. But then the table can just as well be built by something
based on rgrep PG_FUNCTION_ARGS src/backend or something like that. Which of
course wasn't possible 10 years ago.

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