From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Cc: | Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Kohei Kaigai <kohei(dot)kaigai(at)emea(dot)nec(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [RFC] Common object property boards |
Date: | 2011-08-08 16:05:05 |
Message-ID: | CA+TgmoZhU_N10pFH0TOu4rPR580EsWgdV_iD5fPCnHcACSW=Lw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> Excerpts from Kohei KaiGai's message of lun ago 08 03:12:20 -0400 2011:
>
>> Thanks for your suggestion.
>> So, it seems to me the interface should return a pointer to the entry
>> of array being specified, rather than above approach.
>>
>> E.g, the above macro could be probably rewritten as follows:
>> #define get_object_property_attnum_name(objtype) \
>> (get_object_property(objtype)->attnum_name)
>
> I don't understand why don't you just do something like
>
> #define get_object_property_attnum_name(objtype, attnum_name_value) \
> (get_object_property((objtype), NULL, NULL, (attnum_name_value), NULL, NULL)))
>
> and the caller does
>
> AttrNumber attnum_name;
> get_object_property_attnum_name(OBJTYPE_TABLE, &attnum_name);
>
> i.e. the caller must still pass pointers, instead of expecting the
> values to be returned.
We could do that, but what the heck is the point? What benefit are
we trying to get by not returning a pointer to the structure? I feel
like we're making this ludicrously complicated with no real
justification of why all of this complexity is adding any value.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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