Re: assorted code cleanup
Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>,
pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-09-11T18:48:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 9/7/17 14:53, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes: >> On 9/5/17 15:32, Tom Lane wrote: >>> I do agree with the idea that we should use the * notation in cases where >>> the reader might otherwise think that a plain function was being invoked, >>> ie I don't like >>> some_function_pointer(args); >>> Even if the compiler isn't confused, readers might be. But in the case of >>> structname->pointerfield(args); >>> it's impossible to read that as a plain function call, so I'm okay with >>> dropping the extra punctuation there. > >> Committed that way. Thanks. > > Is it worth memorializing this in the docs somewhere, perhaps > "53.4. Miscellaneous Coding Conventions" ? done -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
Commits
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Reduce excessive dereferencing of function pointers
- 1356f78ea933 11.0 landed