In the latest HEAD, a PL/Perl function that returns a list value instead of a reference causes a segmentation fault:
CREATE FUNCTION foo() RETURNS integer[] AS $$ return (1, 2, 3, 4); $$ LANGUAGE plperl; SELECT foo(); server closed the connection unexpectedly Here's the stack trace: #0 0xfed45bcc in plperl_call_handler (fcinfo=0xffbfe230) at plperl.c:1031 #1 0x0010e7d4 in ExecMakeFunctionResult (fcache=0x44af00, econtext=0x44ae58, isNull=0x44b470 "\177~\177\177\177\177\177\177", isDone=0x44b4d8) at execQual.c:1031 #2 0x001122b0 in ExecProject (projInfo=0x44af00, isDone=0x44ae58) at execQual.c:3607 -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings