Re: Any reason to have heap_(de)formtuple? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Any reason to have heap_(de)formtuple?
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Msg-id 4936.1224774846@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Any reason to have heap_(de)formtuple?  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> Tom Lane napsal(a):
>> Well, aside from the gruntwork needed to convert all the core code that
>> still uses the old APIs, there's the prospect of breaking extension
>> modules that still use the old APIs.  It's kind of annoying to have two
>> copies of that code, but less annoying than removing it would be ...

> What's about convert null array to boolean and call heap_form_tuple?

Yeah, that's a thought.  We'd want to be sure we'd converted any call
sites that are performance-critical, but surely the vast majority are
not.
        regards, tom lane


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