Re: Standardize the definition of the subtype field of AlterDomainStmt

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang@yeah.net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-05-28T11:22:51Z
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  1. Refactor subtype field of AlterDomainStmt

On 27.05.25 05:06, Quan Zongliang wrote:
> I noticed that the subtype of AlterDomainStmt is directly using 
> constants in the code. It is not conducive to the maintenance and 
> reading of the code. Based on the definition of AlterTableType, use 
> "AD_" as the prefix. Define several macros to replace the original 
> characters.
> The subtype of AlterTableCmd is defined using an enumeration. The 
> subtypes of AlterDomainStmt are relatively few in number, and the 
> original definition uses characters. These definitions still use 
> characters and maintain the values unchanged. If some plugins or tools 
> are also processing AlterDomainStmt, there will be no errors.

You can still make it an enum and assign the currently in use values to 
the new symbols, like

enum AlterDomainType
{
     AD_AlterDefault = 'T',
     AD_DropNotNull = 'N',
     ...

I would prefer that.