Re: Convert macros to static inline functions

On 27.12.24 11:16, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 16.05.22 10:27, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Inspired by [0], I looked to convert more macros to inline functions.
>
> This is an older thread where I left something unfinished:
>
>> Note 2: Many macros in htup_details.h operate both on HeapTupleHeader
>> and on MinimalTuple, so converting them to a function doesn't work in
>> a straightforward way.  I have some in-progress work in that area, but
>> I have not included any of that here.
>
> Here is the patch set for this.

I have committed this.

> There are actually only two macros that operate on both HeapTupleHeader
> and MinimalTuple, so it wasn't as much as I had written above.  I just
> left those as macros.  I converted the rest to inline functions in a
> straightforward way as before.  A small amount of reordering was necessary.
>
> But just for language-nerd fun, I'm including here an additional patch
> showing how the remaining ones could be done with C11 generic selection.
>  I'm not planning to commit that one at this time.

... except this.