On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 13:52, Tom Lane wrote:
> Greg is correct. int8 is a pass-by-reference datatype and so every
> aggregate state-transition function cycle requires at least one palloc
> (to return the function result).
Interesting. Is there a reason why int8 is pass-by-reference? (ISTM that
pass-by-value would be sufficient...)
Thanks for the information, Tom & Greg.
-Neil
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