Re: checking variadic "any" argument in parser - should be array

Hi Pavel

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> Hello Tom
>
> you did comment
>
> ! <----><------><------> * Non-null argument had better be an array.
> The parser doesn't
> ! <----><------><------> * enforce this for VARIADIC ANY functions
> (maybe it should?), so
> ! <----><------><------> * that check uses ereport not just elog.
> ! <----><------><------> */
>
> So I moved this check to parser.
>
> It is little bit stricter - requests typed NULL instead unknown NULL,
> but it can mark error better and early
>

Tom suggested that this check should be better done by parser.
This patch tries to accomplish that.

I will go review this.

However, is it possible to you to re-base it on current master? I can't
apply it using "git apply" but patch -p1 was succeeded with lot of offset.

Thanks

>
> Regards
>
> Pavel
>
>
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