Re: [HACKERS] safer node casting - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] safer node casting
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Msg-id 6303.1487951669@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] safer node casting  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] safer node casting  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> Those aren't actually equivalent, because of the !nodeptr. IsA() crashes
> for NULL pointers, but the new code won't. Which means 9ba8a9ce4548b et
> al actually weakened some asserts.

> Should we perhaps have one NULL accepting version (castNodeNull?) and
> one that separately asserts that ptr != NULL?

-1 ... if you're going to use something in a way that requires it not tobe null, your code will crash quite efficiently
ona null, with orwithout an assert.  I don't think we need the extra cogitive burden oftwo distinct macros for this.
 
        regards, tom lane



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