Re: gcc 12.1.0 warning

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: gcc 12.1.0 warning
Date: 2024-07-15 16:41:55
Message-ID: 20240715164155.7blp2h6j4spc2ha4@awork3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2024-05-10 12:13:21 +0300, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 19:59, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Which seems entirely legitimate. ISTM that guc_var_compare() ought to only
> > cast the pointers to the key type, i.e. char *. And incidentally that does
> > prevent the warning.
> >
> > The reason it doesn't happen in newer versions of postgres is that we aren't
> > using guc_var_compare() in the relevant places anymore...
>
> The fix is attached. It cleanly applies from REL_15_STABLE to
> REL_12_STABLE, fixes the warnings and the tests pass.

Thanks! I've applied it to all branches - while it's not required to avoid a
warning in newer versions, it's still not correct as it was...

Greetings,

Andres

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