Re: unnesting multirange data types

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Zhihong Yu <zyu(at)yugabyte(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: unnesting multirange data types
Date: 2021-06-15 18:47:40
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On 6/15/21 1:52 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
>> On 2021-Jun-15, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> I think this ought to be reverted and reviewed more carefully.
>> It seems to me that removing the cast-to-range[] is a sufficient fix,
>> and that we can do with only the unnest part for pg14; the casts can be
>> added in 15 (if at all). That would mean reverting only half the patch.
> Might be a reasonable solution. But right now I'm annoyed that the
> buildfarm is broken, and I'm also convinced that this didn't get
> adequate testing. I think "revert and reconsider" is the way
> forward for today.
>
>

(RMT hat on) That would be my inclination at this stage. The commit
message states that it's trivial, but it seems not to be, and I suspect
it should not have been done at this stage of the development cycle.

cheers

andrew

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