Re: [SPAM]function side effects

From: Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: "Tatsuo Ishii" <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [SPAM]function side effects
Date: 2010-02-23 04:15:15
Message-ID: 20100223131515.A177.52131E4D@oss.ntt.co.jp
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"Tatsuo Ishii" <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> VOLATILE functions such as random() and timeofday() apparently do not
> write and sending those queries that include such functions is
> overkill.

> Can we VOLATILE property divide into two categories, say, VOLATILE
> without write, and VOLATILE with write?

I think it's possible. We might borrow words and semantics from
unctional programming languages for functions with side effects.
How do they handle the issue?

BTW, random() *writes* the random seed, though no one will mind it.

Regards,
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Takahiro Itagaki
NTT Open Source Software Center

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