Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.

Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>

Commit: 14dd0f27d7cd56ffae9ecdbe324965073d01a9ff
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-01-04T22:09:34Z
Releases: 17.0
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

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