"D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> writes:
>> ! Why is textcat() (and other) function called if result from this
>> function is ignored, it is bad spending (my CPU is not boredom). See
>> my 'C' example in my first letter...
> This is the issue no matter which side of the debate you are on.
"Debate"? There's no debate --- everybody agrees that the current
fmgr interface doesn't handle NULLs reasonably. It's just a matter
of finding time to fix it. It's a fairly large project, given the
amount of code that needs to be touched.
regards, tom lane