Re: Deduplicate logicalrep_read_tuple()

Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>

From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-03-05T07:52:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:04 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:13 PM Bharath Rupireddy
> <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 8:36 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 6:26 PM Bharath Rupireddy
> > > <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > logicalrep_read_tuple() duplicates code for LOGICALREP_COLUMN_TEXT and
> > > > LOGICALREP_COLUMN_BINARY introduced by commit 9de77b5. While it
> > > > doesn't hurt anyone, deduplication makes code a bit leaner by 57 bytes
> > > > [1]. I've attached a patch for $SUBJECT.
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > >
> > >
> > > The code looks the same but there is a subtle comment difference where
> > > previously only LOGICALREP_COLUMN_BINARY case said:
> > >  /* not strictly necessary but per StringInfo practice */
> > >
> > > So if you de-duplicate the code then should that comment be modified to say
> > > /* not strictly necessary for LOGICALREP_COLUMN_BINARY but per
> > > StringInfo practice */
> >
> > Thanks. Done so in the attached v2.
> >
>
> LGTM. Unless Peter or someone has any comments on this, I'll push this
> early next week.
>

No more comments. Patch v2 LGTM.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia



Commits

  1. Deduplicate handling of binary and text modes in logicalrep_read_tuple().

  2. Allow logical replication to transfer data in binary format.