Re: hiding variable-length fields from Form_pg_* structs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> CATALOG(pg_attribute,1249) BKI_BOOTSTRAP ...
> {
>     ...
>     int4        attinhcount;
>     Oid         attcollation;
>     aclitem     attacl[1];
> CATVARLEN(
>     text        attoptions[1];
>     text        attfdwoptions[1];
> )
> } FormData_pg_attribute;

> where CATVARLEN is defined empty in C, and ignored in the BKI generation
> code.

> The real trick is to find something that handles well with pgindent and
> indenting text editors.

The low-tech way would be

CATALOG(pg_attribute,1249) BKI_BOOTSTRAP ...
{   ...   int4        attinhcount;   Oid         attcollation;   aclitem     attacl[1];
#ifdef CATALOG_VARLEN_FIELDS   text        attoptions[1];   text        attfdwoptions[1];
#endif
} FormData_pg_attribute;
        regards, tom lane