Re: plperl returning setof foo[]

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> The fix is fairly small (see attached) although I need to check with 
> some perlguts guru to see if I need to decrement a refcounter here or there.

The array_ret variable seems a bit unnecessary, and declared well
outside the appropriate scope if it is necessary.

> Nobody has complained about it over the years, so I wonder if it should 
> be backpatched. It wouldn't change any working behaviour, just remove 
> the non-working property of some documented behaviour.

AFAICT it just fails, so backpatching seems like a bug fix not a
behavioral change.
        regards, tom lane