Re: s/pg_attribute_always_inline/pg_always_inline/?

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-04-08T21:30:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> When reviewing the index prefetching patch I got a bit dismayed at how long
> pg_attribute_always_inline is due to the way it triggers pgindent to format
> stuff.

I had to significantly reorder function prototypes to avoid overly
long prototypes that had pg_attribute_always_inline. While perhaps not
strictly necessary, we shouldn't have to work around the fact that
pg_attribute_always_inline is an absurdly verbose symbol name.

> I propose that we remove the _attribute_ part of the name.

+1

-- 
Peter Geoghegan