pgsql: Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

From: Nathan Bossart <nathan(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.
Date: 2024-01-04 22:11:29
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Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

Many foreach loops only use the ListCell pointer to retrieve the
content of the cell, like so:

ListCell *lc;

foreach(lc, mylist)
{
int myint = lfirst_int(lc);

...
}

This commit adds a few convenience macros that automatically
declare the loop variable and retrieve the current cell's contents.
This allows us to rewrite the previous loop like this:

foreach_int(myint, mylist)
{
...
}

This commit also adjusts a few existing loops in order to add
coverage for the new/adjusted macros. There is presently no plan
to bulk update all foreach loops, as that could introduce a
significant amount of back-patching pain. Instead, these macros
are primarily intended for use in new code.

Author: Jelte Fennema-Nio
Reviewed-by: David Rowley, Alvaro Herrera, Vignesh C, Tom Lane
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAGECzQSwXKnxGwW1_Q5JE%2B8Ja20kyAbhBHO04vVrQsLcDciwXA%40mail.gmail.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/14dd0f27d7cd56ffae9ecdbe324965073d01a9ff

Modified Files
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src/backend/executor/execExpr.c | 9 ++--
src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c | 4 +-
src/backend/replication/logical/tablesync.c | 6 +--
src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c | 7 ++-
src/include/nodes/pg_list.h | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
5 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

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