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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql: Do all accesses to shared buffer headers through
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In response to Re: pgsql: Do all accesses to shared buffer headers  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> IMHO it is notationally clearer to define a "BufferDescPtr" that
> contains the "volatile" qualifier than to make sure that "volatile" is
> used everywhere that it is needed -- obviously, neither approach is
> fool-proof. But perhaps that's just me...

Personally I dislike hiding type qualifiers like const and volatile
inside typedefs.  I agree it's a judgment call.

            regards, tom lane

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