Re: [PoC] Improve dead tuple storage for lazy vacuum - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 8:25 PM John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Actually, I forgot -- I had one more question: Masahiko, is there a
> reason for this extra local variable, which uses the base type, rather
> than the typedef'd parameter?
>
> +RT_SCOPE RT_RADIX_TREE *
> +RT_ATTACH(dsa_area *dsa, RT_HANDLE handle)
> +{
> + RT_RADIX_TREE *tree;
> + dsa_pointer control;
> +
> + tree = (RT_RADIX_TREE *) palloc0(sizeof(RT_RADIX_TREE));
> +
> + /* Find the control object in shared memory */
> + control = handle;

I think it's mostly because of readability; it makes clear that the
handle should be castable to dsa_pointer and it's a control object. I
borrowed it from dshash_attach().

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
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