Re: Add support for AT LOCAL

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>, cary huang <hcary328@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2023-10-16T01:28:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 06:47:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Another possibly interesting factoid: it appears that before
> 97957fdba, we had zero regression test coverage of timetz_zone ---
> and we still have none of timetz_izone, which contains essentially
> the same code.  So if there is a problem here, whether it's ours or
> the compiler's, it's not hard to see why we didn't notice.

Right.  This one is just a lucky, or say unlucky find.  I didn't
notice that this path was entirely missing coverage, planting an
assertion in the middle of timetz_zone() passes check-world.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Dodge a compiler bug affecting timetz_zone/timetz_izone.

  2. Back-patch test cases for timetz_zone/timetz_izone.

  3. Add regression test coverage for timetz_izone().

  4. Add support for AT LOCAL

  5. doc: Mention timezone(zone, time) in section for AT TIME ZONE

  6. Use HASH_BLOBS for xidhash.