Re: Last call for comments: fmgr rewrite [LONG] - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Last call for comments: fmgr rewrite [LONG]
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Msg-id 200005220418.AAA12026@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Last call for comments: fmgr rewrite [LONG]  (Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>)
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> Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> > No, because we aren't ever going to be dynamically allocating these
> > things; they'll be local variables in the calling function. 
> 
> Fair enough then. Although that being the case, I don't see the big deal
> about using a few more bytes of stack space which costs absolutely
> nothing, even though the binary compatibility is a small but still real
> advantage.

I like Tom's clean design better.  Flexibility for little payback
usually just messes up clarity of the code.

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