On 2019-07-13 17:13, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>>> What about avoiding a redirection with something like:
>>>
>>> Datum (* const pg_random_uuid)(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) = gen_random_uuid;
>>
>> That seems very confusing.
>
> Dunno. Possibly. The user does not have to look at the implementation, and
> probably such code would deserve a comment.
>
> The point is to avoid one call so as to perform the same (otherwise the
> pg_random_uuid would be slightly slower), and to ensure that it behaves
> the same, as it would be the very same function by construction.
>
> I've switched the patch to ready anyway.
committed
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