Re: minor: contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c uses DirectFunctionCall3(inet_in,..)

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql(at)jamponi(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: minor: contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c uses DirectFunctionCall3(inet_in,..)
Date: 2015-03-25 00:53:42
Message-ID: 20150325005341.GE19256@momjian.us
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 05:13:02PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:12:37PM -0600, Jon Nelson wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > > Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql(at)jamponi(dot)net> writes:
> > >> contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c uses DirectFunctionCall3(inet_in,..)
> > >> instead of DirectFunctionCall1(inet_in, one_argument).
> > >
> > >> That doesn't seem right. Does such a thing matter?
> > >
> > > It's not really incorrect: in a call going through InputFunctionCall(),
> > > which is the normal path, the two extra arguments would be provided
> > > whether the specific datatype input function needed them or not.
> > >
> > > However, I think the usual convention for DirectFunctionCall() usage
> > > is to pass exactly what the target function uses, since you know
> > > exactly what you're calling. Certainly that's what happens in the
> > > two direct calls to inet_in in the core code.
> > >
> > > So I tend to agree that we should change this call to match the others,
> > > but it's purely cosmetic.
> >
> > So, are there any additional steps that you might recommend that I take?
> > It's such a trivial thing. I could provide a patch, of course, or a
> > pull request off of github if people use that.
>
> Patch attached for review.

Patch applied.

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