Re: [HACKERS] A small problem with the new inet and cidr types
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: jwieck@debis.com
Cc: darcy@druid.net, taral@mail.utexas.edu, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-11-03T16:38:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Not calling a function if one of it's arguments is NULL? > Isn't NULL a legal value? > > I know that the function manager interface is damned stupid > in the case of NULL's. Some of the interface functions pass > isNull as in/out value and some do not. And the in value only > tells if any of the arguments are NULL, not which of them. It > hit me when building PL/pgSQL and PL/Tcl. > > Let's redesign the function call interface and define that > any function has to handle NULL arguments properly. Yes, I > know what that means :-). > Added to TODO list: * redesign the function call interface to handle NULLs better -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026