Re: automatically generating node support functions

Hi,

On 2022-02-14 18:32:21 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > I do however not think it's a good idea to commit something generating
> > something like the existing node functions vs going for a metadata based
> > approach at dealing with node functions. That aspect of my patchset is
> > independent of the libclang vs script debate.
>
> I think that finishing out and committing this patch is a fine step
> on the way to that.

I think most of gen_node_support.pl would change - a lot of that is generating
the node functions, which would not be needed anymore. And most of the
remainder would change as well.

> Either that, or you should go ahead and merge your backend work onto what
> Peter's done ...

I did offer to do part of that a while ago:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210715012454.bvwg63farhmfwb47%40alap3.anarazel.de

On 2021-07-14 18:24:54 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> If Peter could generate something roughly like the metadata I emitted, I'd
> rebase my node functions ontop of that.

Greetings,

Andres Freund