Re: Refactoring identifier checks to consistently use strcmp
Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-04-04T07:13:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 04 Apr 2017, at 05:52, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > Daniel Gustafsson wrote: >> Testing DefElem options is done with both strcmp() and pg_strcasecmp() a bit >> mixed. Since the option defnames are all lowercased, either via IDENT, keyword >> rules or “by hand” with makeString(), using strcmp() is safe (and assumed to be >> so in quite a lot of places). >> >> While it’s not incorrect per se to use pg_strcasecmp(), it has the potential to >> hide a DefElem created with a mixed-case defname where it in other places is >> expected to be in lowercase, which may lead to subtle bugs. >> >> The attached patch refactors to use strcmp() consistently for option processing >> in the command code as a pre-emptive belts+suspenders move against such subtle >> bugs and to make the code more consistent. Also reorders a few checks to have >> all in the same “format” and removes a comment related to the above. >> >> Tested with randomizing case on options in make check (not included in patch). > > Does it work correctly in the Turkish locale? Yes, running make check with random case defnames under tr_TR works fine. cheers ./daniel
Commits
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Avoid unnecessary use of pg_strcasecmp for already-downcased identifiers.
- fb8697b31aae 11.0 landed