Bit operators (~ ^ | & << >>) and the function BIT_COUNT()
always called val_int() for their arguments.
It worked correctly only for INT type arguments.
In case of DECIMAL and DOUBLE arguments it did not work well:
the argument values were truncated to the maximum SIGNED BIGINT value
of 9223372036854775807.
Fixing the code as follows:
- If the argument if of an integer data type,
it works using val_int() as before.
- If the argument if of some other data type, it gets the argument value
using val_decimal(), to avoid truncation, and then converts the result
to ulonglong.
Using Item_handled_func to switch between the two approaches easier.
As an additional advantage, with Item_handled_func it will be easier
to implement overloading in the future, so data type plugings will be able
to define their own behavioir of bit operators and BIT_COUNT().
Moving the code from the former val_int() implementations
as methods to Longlong_null, to avoid code duplication in the
INT and DECIMAL branches.