Re: PATCH: make plpgsql IN args mutable (v1)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Steve Prentice <prentice(at)cisco(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PATCH: make plpgsql IN args mutable (v1)
Date: 2009-09-20 01:55:04
Message-ID: 14491.1253411704@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Steve Prentice <prentice(at)cisco(dot)com> writes:
> This patch changes plpgsql IN parameters so they are mutable.

I've applied this, since the consensus seemed to be in favor of it.

> I decided not to update the docs for this change because the docs
> don't currently indicate that an IN parameter is constant and I didn't
> want to encourage it because it isn't universally considered good
> programming practice to assign to an IN parameter. If others think we
> need a doc change for this, I'll update the patch.

I agree, no need to say anything one way or the other in the plpgsql docs.
We'll want to mention it in the release notes of course.

regards, tom lane

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