Re: What is an item pointer, anyway?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Ashwin Agrawal <aagrawal(at)pivotal(dot)io>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: What is an item pointer, anyway?
Date: 2019-04-27 00:05:14
Message-ID: 23733.1556323514@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> writes:
> I was proposing that we not rename any struct at all, and continue to
> call ItemId[Data]s "line pointers" only.

Yeah, I'd be fine with that, although the disconnect between the type
name and the comment terminology might confuse some people.

regards, tom lane

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