Re: linked list rewrite

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-04-28T04:12:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> > Most of your suggestions are agreeable; a few minor quibbles follow.
> 
> >> lfirstcell	new function to get first cell, or NULL if none
> > [...]
> >> llastnode	llastcell
> 
> > What do you think of list_head() and list_tail() instead?
> 
> No strong objection, though I thought it was a good idea to include
> "cell" in the function names to suggest that what you are getting back
> is just a cell and not a List.  Anyone else have a preference?

I never liked "cell" myself.  It is too vague to me.  But I see your
point that list_head you would think returns the head of the list, not
the first element in the list.  Maybe list_first and list_last?

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