UDF_INIT * initid->const_item

[Roland Bouman]

The UDF_INIT struct passed to UDF's contains a const_item member. It is not documented in the manual, but in mysql_com.h a comment sais this:

my_bool const_item; /* 0 if result is independent of arguments */

Does anyone know the exact semantics of this one?

I mean, the name suggests it should be set to TRUE to mark your udf as a constant. However this does not cover the meaning of "...independent of arguments..." : i can have a function that is neither constant, nor dependant upon the arguments.

Also, the comment suggests we should set it to 0 to mark it , i expected to need to set it to 1, not 0

So what is it?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2005 03:32AM by Roland Bouman.