Function oper_select_candidate

src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c:323–364

oper_select_candidate() * Given the input argtype array and one or more candidates * for the operator, attempt to resolve the conflict. * * Returns FUNCDETAIL_NOTFOUND, FUNCDETAIL_MULTIPLE, or FUNCDETAIL_NORMAL. * In the success case the Oid of the best candidate is stored in *operOid. * * Note that the caller has already determined that there is no candidate * exactly matching the input

 * pruned away, however.
 */
static FuncDetailCode
oper_select_candidate(int nargs,
					  Oid *input_typeids,
					  FuncCandidateList candidates,
					  Oid *operOid) /* output argument */
{
	int			ncandidates;

	/*
	 * Delete any candidates that cannot actually accept the given input
	 * types, whether directly or by coercion.
	 */
	ncandidates = func_match_argtypes(nargs, input_typeids,
									  candidates, &candidates);

	/* Done if no candidate or only one candidate survives */
	if (ncandidates == 0)
	{
		*operOid = InvalidOid;
		return FUNCDETAIL_NOTFOUND;
	}
	if (ncandidates == 1)
	{
		*operOid = candidates->oid;
		return FUNCDETAIL_NORMAL;
	}

	/*
	 * Use the same heuristics as for ambiguous functions to resolve the
	 * conflict.
	 */
	candidates = func_select_candidate(nargs, input_typeids, candidates);

	if (candidates)
	{
		*operOid = candidates->oid;
		return FUNCDETAIL_NORMAL;
	}

	*operOid = InvalidOid;
	return FUNCDETAIL_MULTIPLE; /* failed to select a best candidate */
}


/* oper() -- search for a binary operator