Get rid of trailing semicolons in C macro definitions.
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Get rid of trailing semicolons in C macro definitions. Writing a trailing semicolon in a macro is almost never the right thing, because you almost always want to write a semicolon after each macro call instead. (Even if there was some reason to prefer not to, pgindent would probably make a hash of code formatted that way; so within PG the rule should basically be "don't do it".) Thus, if we have a semi inside the macro, the compiler sees "something;;". Much of the time the extra empty statement is harmless, but it could lead to mysterious syntax errors at call sites. In perhaps an overabundance of neatnik-ism, let's run around and get rid of the excess semicolons whereever possible. The only thing worse than a mysterious syntax error is a mysterious syntax error that only happens in the back branches; therefore, backpatch these changes where relevant, which is most of them because most of these mistakes are old. (The lack of reported problems shows that this is largely a hypothetical issue, but still, it could bite us in some future patch.) John Naylor and Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACPNZCs0qWTqJ2QUSGJ07B7uvAvzMb-KbG2q+oo+J3tsWN5cqw@mail.gmail.com
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| contrib/btree_gist/btree_ts.c | modified | +3 −2 |
| contrib/btree_gist/btree_utils_num.h | modified | +1 −1 |
| contrib/pgcrypto/crypt-blowfish.c | modified | +7 −5 |
| contrib/pg_trgm/trgm.h | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c | modified | +4 −4 |
| src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/backend/utils/sort/gen_qsort_tuple.pl | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/include/access/nbtree.h | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/port/qsort_arg.c | modified | +1 −1 |
| src/port/qsort.c | modified | +1 −1 |
Discussion
- do {} while (0) nitpick 14 messages · 2020-05-01 → 2020-05-07