Re: Eval expression R/O once time (src/backend/executor/execExpr.c)

Hi,

On 2021-09-21 18:21:24 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> > On 2021-09-21 15:09:11 -0300, Ranier Vilela wrote:
> >> Currently when determining where CoerceToDomainValue can be read,
> >> it evaluates every step in a loop.
> >> But, I think that the expression is immutable and should be solved only
> >> once.
>
> > What is immutable here?
>
> I think Ranier has a point here.  The clear intent of this bit:
>
>                 /*
>                  * If first time through, determine where CoerceToDomainValue
>                  * nodes should read from.
>                  */
>                 if (domainval == NULL)
>                 {
>
> is that we only need to emit the EEOP_MAKE_READONLY once when there are
> multiple CHECK constraints.  But because domainval has the wrong lifespan,
> that test is constant-true, and we'll do it over each time to little
> purpose.

Oh, I clearly re-skimmed the code too quickly. Sorry for that!