Re: [HACKERS] Massive patch

> OK, here are the details to the patch I am currently applying. It
> cleans up a lot of the internal tuple access routines.
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> cvs update and initdb, everyone.
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> heap_fetch requires buffer pointer, must be released
> heap_getnext no longer returns buffer pointer, can be gotten from scan
> descriptor
> bootstrap can create multi-key indexes
> pg_procname index now is multi-key index
> oidint2, oidint4, oidname are gone (must be removed from regression tests)
> use System Cache rather than sequential scan in many places
> heap_modifytuple no longer takes buffer parameter
> remove unused buffer parameter in a few other functions
> oid8 is not index-able
^^^

I meant to say "now indexable".

> remove some use of single-character variable names
> cleanup Buffer variables usage and scan descriptor looping
> cleaned up allocation and freeing of tuples
> 18k lines of diff
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