Re: Row pattern recognition

Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>
To: assam258@gmail.com
Cc: jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com, david.g.johnston@gmail.com, vik@postgresfriends.org, er@xs4all.nl, peter@eisentraut.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-02-04T00:04:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Thank you for catching this! You are absolutely right. I apologize for
> using non-ASCII characters in the code comments.
> 
> I've reviewed all the RPR-related files and found additional instances
> of non-ASCII characters:
> - Arrows "→" instead of "->"
> - Superscript "²" instead of "^2"
> - Greater-than-or-equal "≥" instead of ">="
> 
> Found in:
> - src/backend/optimizer/plan/rpr.c (1 instance)
> - src/backend/executor/nodeWindowAgg.c (5 instances)
> - src/include/nodes/execnodes.h (4 instances)
> - src/test/regress/sql/rpr.sql (7 instances)
> - src/test/regress/sql/rpr_base.sql (15 instances)
> - src/test/regress/expected/rpr.out (7 instances)
> - src/test/regress/expected/rpr_base.out (15 instances)
> 
> Total: 54 instances across 7 files.
> 
> To ensure comprehensive coverage, I created a Python verification tool
> that checks for non-ASCII characters and reports their Unicode code
> points. I've verified all 46 files changed in the v42 patch series,
> and confirmed no additional non-ASCII characters remain.
> 
> I'll be more careful going forward to use only ASCII characters in
> source files and comments. Updated patch attached.

Thank you for the prompt response. Your patch applied cleanly here.
BTW, I have a question regarding NFA related objects initialization in
nodeWindowAgg.c.

In release_partition():
	/* Reset NFA state for new partition */
	winstate->nfaContext = NULL;
	winstate->nfaContextTail = NULL;
	winstate->nfaContextFree = NULL;
	winstate->nfaStateFree = NULL;
	winstate->nfaLastProcessedRow = -1;
	winstate->nfaStatesActive = 0;
	winstate->nfaContextsActive = 0;

While in ExecInitWindowAgg():
	/* Initialize NFA free lists for row pattern matching */
	winstate->nfaContext = NULL;
	winstate->nfaContextTail = NULL;
	winstate->nfaContextFree = NULL;
	winstate->nfaStateFree = NULL;
	winstate->nfaLastProcessedRow = -1;

So the latter does not initialize winstate->nfaStatesActive and
winstate->nfaContextsActive. Can you please explain why?
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  2. Rationalize error comments in partition split/merge tests

  3. Add fast path for foreign key constraint checks

  4. Fix assorted pretty-trivial memory leaks in the backend.

  5. Add temporal FOREIGN KEY contraints

  6. Add trailing commas to enum definitions

  7. Remove obsolete executor cleanup code