Re: Function parameter names

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Dennis Bjorklund writes:
>> I'm in the middle of implementing function parameter names.

> So these two reasons make a "namevector" impractical: First, it would
> probably not be in the performance critical path.  Second, it would use up
> a fixed length of NAMEDATALEN * FUNC_MAX_ARGS (currently 1024 bytes) in
> every pg_proc row.  In this case, a regular name[] would be more suitable.
> Just be sure to put it after all the fixed-length fields.

Actually I'd suggest text[], as there is no good reason to pad the
array entries to a fixed length.
        regards, tom lane