SQL function to select distinct elements from an Postgres array

pg_array_distinct.sql

CREATE FUNCTION array_distinct(
      anyarray, -- input array 
      boolean DEFAULT false -- flag to ignore nulls
) RETURNS anyarray AS $f$
      SELECT array_agg(DISTINCT x) 
      FROM unnest($1) t(x) 
      WHERE CASE WHEN $2 THEN x IS NOT NULL ELSE true END;
$f$ LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE;