On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Don Baccus <dhog...@pacifier.com> wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Having now spent far too much time in bed with that patch, I'm feeling >>> like the concept that we are really looking for there is what some >>> languages call "pure" - that is, there must be no side effects, >>> whether by throwing exceptions or otherwise. >> >> Hmm, "pure" doesn't sound bad to me. Nice and short. >> > > Technically, "pure" is stronger than "has no side effects":
+1 pure. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
