On Wednesday 17 December 2008 02:07:35 Tom Lane wrote: > Oh, and another thing --- should variadic parameters be defaultable? > The current patch doesn't allow it but it looks more like an oversight > than anything that was thought through. The boundary case for variadic > parameters is a bit weird already: > > regression=# create function fv (f1 int, f2 variadic int[]) returns int > regression-# as 'select $1' language sql; > CREATE FUNCTION
> regression=# select fv(1); > ERROR: function fv(integer) does not exist > LINE 1: select fv(1); > ^ > HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might > need to add explicit type casts. That looks like a bug to me. Anything that you can do with 1 to N items should also work for zero. Also, in C, variadic functions are quite commonly called with zero arguments in the variadic position. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
