[HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add notion of a transform function that can simplify function

2012-03-23 Thread Robert Haas
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Robert Haas rh...@postgresql.org writes: Add notion of a transform function that can simplify function calls. Why exactly was this thought to be a good idea: * A NULL original expression disables use of transform functions

[HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add notion of a transform function that can simplify function

2012-03-23 Thread Noah Misch
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:55:52AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Robert Haas rh...@postgresql.org writes: Add notion of a transform function that can simplify function calls. Why exactly was this thought to be a good idea: * A NULL original expression disables use of transform functions while

[HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add notion of a transform function that can simplify function

2012-03-23 Thread Noah Misch
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:31:54AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com writes: On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Why exactly was this thought to be a good idea: * A NULL original expression disables use of transform functions while