Re: linked list rewrite

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: linked list rewrite
Date: 2004-03-24 00:05:37
Message-ID: 8282.1080086737@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> lcons no change
>> lconsi lcons_int
>> lconso lcons_oid

> Should these be lnew or something clearer than cons-truct?

No, lcons is one of the names that I think we should stick with on
historical grounds. It's widely used in the backend and it has the
right connotations for anyone who's ever used Lisp. "lnew" conveys
nothing, certainly not the right thing (it doesn't make a new List,
only a new ListCell).

regards, tom lane

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