Re: Is "Window" really safe as a global typedef name? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: Is "Window" really safe as a global typedef name?
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Msg-id 4129BBB5-0AB3-44D2-8125-52B673EA1FCF@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: Is "Window" really safe as a global typedef name?  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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OLAPWindow? Gives a clue what meaning of "window" it's referring to...

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Greg


On 20 Dec 2008, at 03:13, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com > wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'm looking at the window-functions patch and wondering just what  
>> kind
>> of trouble we'll get into if we leave its new plan node type named  
>> just
>> "Window".  I've already confirmed that this is a direct conflict  
>> against
>> a typedef in <X11/X.h>, and I'd be not the least bit surprised if  
>> it's
>> used in even-more-popular system headers on Windows or Darwin.  Now
>> maybe you could always get away with not including such headers  
>> together
>> with plannodes.h, but it sure looks like problems waiting to happen.
>> So I'm thinking we'd better rename it, but I'm not coming up with
>> anything good; the best I can do after a long day is "EvalWindow",
>> and that doesn't seem particularly inspired.  Any suggestions?
>
> EvalWindow sounds like a function in src/backend/executor/.
>
> WindowAgg?
>
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