Re: [PATCHES] Removing typename from A_Const (was: Empty arrays with ARRAY[]) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Removing typename from A_Const (was: Empty arrays with ARRAY[])
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Msg-id 13756.1209401418@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Removing typename from A_Const (was: Empty arrays with ARRAY[])  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] Removing typename from A_Const (was: Empty arrays with ARRAY[])  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Brendan Jurd escribi�:
>> Here's my attempt to remove the typename field from A_Const.  There
>> were a few places (notably flatten_set_variable_args() in guc.c, and
>> typenameTypeMod() in parse_type.c) where the code expected to see an
>> A_Const with a typename, and I had to adjust for an A_Const within a
>> TypeCast.  Nonetheless, there was an overall net reduction of 34 lines
>> of code, so I think this was a win.

> Do say ... why don't we do away with A_Const altogether and just replace
> it with Value?  After this patch, I don't see what's the difference.

They're logically different things, and after I get done putting a parse
location field into A_Const, they'll still be physically different too.

            regards, tom lane

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