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Modify array operations to include array's element type OID in the

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array header, and to compute sizing and alignment of array elements
the same way normal tuple access operations do --- viz, using the
tupmacs.h macros att_addlength and att_align.  This makes the world
safe for arrays of cstrings or intervals, and should make it much
easier to write array-type-polymorphic functions; as examples see
the cleanups of array_out and contrib/array_iterator.  By Joe Conway
and Tom Lane.
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Tom Lane
2002-08-26 17:54:02 +00:00
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@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ attribute equal to a given value or matching a regular expression:
The scheme is quite general, each operator which operates on a base type
can be iterated over the elements of an array. It seem to work well but
defining each new operators requires writing a different C function.
Furthermore in each function there are two hardcoded OIDs which reference
a base type and a procedure. Not very portable. Can anyone suggest a
better and more portable way to do it ?
defining each new operator requires writing a different C function.
This is tedious, and error-prone since one must take care that the correct
datatypes are associated with the selected underlying function.
Can anyone suggest a better and more portable way to do it ?
See also array_iterator.sql for an example on how to use this module.