Re: [PATCH] Remove redundant Assert() calls in report_namespace_conflict()
Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill@gmail.com>
From: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill@gmail.com>
To: zengman <zengman@halodbtech.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-01-16T21:57:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, 16 Jan 2026, 19:25 zengman, <zengman@halodbtech.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that report_namespace_conflict() has Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid))
> at the function entry, and the same assertion is repeated in each switch
> case. These duplicate assertions are redundant since the check at the top
> already covers all cases.
> Attached patch removes the 6 redundant assertions to make the code a bit
> cleaner.
>
> ```
> static void
> report_namespace_conflict(Oid classId, const char *name, Oid nspOid)
> {
> char *msgfmt;
>
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
>
> switch (classId)
> {
> case ConversionRelationId:
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
> msgfmt = gettext_noop("conversion \"%s\" already exists in schema
> \"%s\"");
> break;
> case StatisticExtRelationId:
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
> msgfmt = gettext_noop("statistics object \"%s\" already exists in
> schema \"%s\"");
> break;
> case TSParserRelationId:
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
> msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search parser \"%s\" already exists in
> schema \"%s\"");
> break;
> case TSDictionaryRelationId:
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
> msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search dictionary \"%s\" already exists
> in schema \"%s\"");
> break;
> case TSTemplateRelationId:
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
> msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search template \"%s\" already exists in
> schema \"%s\"");
> break;
> case TSConfigRelationId:
> Assert(OidIsValid(nspOid));
> msgfmt = gettext_noop("text search configuration \"%s\" already
> exists in schema \"%s\"");
> break;
> default:
> elog(ERROR, "unsupported object class: %u", classId);
> break;
> }
>
> ereport(ERROR,
> (errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
> errmsg(msgfmt, name, get_namespace_name(nspOid))));
> }
> ```
>
> --
> Regards,
> Man Zeng
> www.openhalo.org
Hi!
Yes, this patch looks valid
Commits
-
Remove useless asserts in report_namespace_conflict()
- 2a6ce34b55e1 19 (unreleased) landed