Hi, On 2018-11-27 01:27:41 +0100, Vik Fearing wrote: > On 27/11/2018 01:13, Stephen Frost wrote: > > Parallel safe functions should be marked as such. Immutable functions > > should be marked as such. We should not assume that one implies the > > other, nor should we operate as if they do. > > Yes we should! Unless you can produce a case where an immutable > function is not parallel safe.
Well, then write a patch that documents that behaviour, automatically sets proparallel accordingly, and defines an escape hatch for when the user actually meant unsafe, not just "unsafe maybe". Just saying "we should" doesn't go far actually convincing anybody. Greetings, Andres Freund
