On 2018-Jun-08, Tom Lane wrote: > I wrote: > > I'm inclined to think that auto-dereference is indeed a good idea, > > and am tempted to go make that change to make all this consistent. > > Comments? > > Here's a draft patch for that. I ended up only changing > plperl_sv_to_datum. There is maybe a case for doing something > similar in plperl_return_next_internal's fn_retistuple code path, > so that you can return a reference-to-reference-to-hash there; > but I was unable to muster much enthusiasm for touching that.
ilmari, did you have time to give Tom's patch a spin? -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
