Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1403) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1403)
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Msg-id 15141.1231945246@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1403)  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1403)  ("Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> KaiGai Kohei wrote:
>> However, it also seems to me that PostgreSQL implementation tend to
>> avoid to use inline functions actively.

> I thought one advantage of using macros is that we force the inlining,

The (only) good thing about macros is they're portable: they work,
and work the same, on every C compiler.  This cannot be said of "inline".
        regards, tom lane


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