Re: About the types of fields in a data structure - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: About the types of fields in a data structure
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Msg-id 28994.1282855351@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to About the types of fields in a data structure  (Pei He <hepeimail@gmail.com>)
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Pei He <hepeimail@gmail.com> writes:
> When I check the types of fields in a data structure, I found most
> fields are defined as general types, as List, Node. Then, To know the
> content inside the List, I need to track the usage of the fields.
> For example, the fromClause in SelectStmt is defined as List. And, the
> content in the ListCell is with the type of RangeVar.

> Is there other easier way to check the types information, rather than
> track through the code?

Usually, if a particular List field is predictably a list of just one
type of node, the declaration is (or should be) commented to tell you
that.  Look at struct Query in parsenodes.h for some examples.
        regards, tom lane


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