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From Robert Haas
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In response to Re: get rid of Pointer type, mostly  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > The second is getting rid of uses of Pointer for variables where you
> > might as well use void * directly.  These are actually not that many.
>
> ... but not of that.  In particular, I think it's just fine if
> DatumGetPointer and PointerGetDatum take and return Pointer.

What's your objection?

(I don't have a considered opinion on this particular point, but in
general I've found that using Pointer seems to make life worse rather
than better.)

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Robert Haas
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