Re: Making the subquery alias optional in the FROM clause

From: Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Zhihong Yu <zyu(at)yugabyte(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Making the subquery alias optional in the FROM clause
Date: 2022-07-09 12:17:53
Message-ID: CAEZATCV2A=W8-tMSUoHO=69jjzDyaUN7dZ6XTRuhC7r_awBVEg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, 9 Jul 2022 at 12:24, Zhihong Yu <zyu(at)yugabyte(dot)com> wrote:
>
> It seems the code would be more readable if you keep the assignment in else block below:
>
> + else if (rte->rtekind == RTE_SUBQUERY ||
> + rte->rtekind == RTE_VALUES)
> continue;
> - rtename = rte->join_using_alias->aliasname;
> }
> - else
> - rtename = rte->eref->aliasname;
>
> because rtename would be assigned in the `rte->rtekind == RTE_JOIN` case.
>

But then it would need 2 else blocks, one inside the rte->alias ==
NULL block, for when rtekind is not RTE_JOIN, RTE_SUBQUERY or
RTE_VALUES, and another after the block, for when rte->alias != NULL.
I find it more readable this way.

Regards,
Dean

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