Re: linked list rewrite

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-03-24T00:05:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> lcons		no change
>> lconsi		lcons_int
>> lconso		lcons_oid

> Should these be lnew or something clearer than cons-truct?

No, lcons is one of the names that I think we should stick with on
historical grounds.  It's widely used in the backend and it has the
right connotations for anyone who's ever used Lisp.  "lnew" conveys
nothing, certainly not the right thing (it doesn't make a new List,
only a new ListCell).

			regards, tom lane