Re: [HACKERS] Another bug in pg_operator.h

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> > This was, um, fruitful.
> 
> My *goodness*, that was a good idea.
> 
> I have now located and repaired ninety-three distinct bugs in
> pg_operator.h, all of the form "operator A has an incorrect com, negate,
> or sort link to operator B".  Almost none of them required any semantic
> analysis to spot --- I found them by looking for conditions like A links
> to B but B doesn't link to A, or A claims B is its commutation but B
> doesn't have the right input data types to be that, etc.

Bravo! I did this for Illustra a couple years ago. What a pain. But it is
nice to get right answers. Also, it lets the planner generate better plans.
If there is a negator or commutator it can use it instead of generating extra
steps.

-dg

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