On 03.01.22 12:04, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 27.12.21 10:02, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> This patch adds a new node type Boolean, to go alongside the "value" >> nodes Integer, Float, String, etc. This seems appropriate given that >> Boolean values are a fundamental part of the system and are used a lot. >> >> Before, SQL-level Boolean constants were represented by a string with >> a cast, and internal Boolean values in DDL commands were usually >> represented by Integer nodes. This takes the place of both of these >> uses, making the intent clearer and having some amount of type safety. > > Here is an update of this patch set based on the feedback. First, I > added a patch that makes some changes in AlterRole() that my original > patch might have broken or at least made more confusing. Unlike in > CreateRole(), we use three-valued logic here, so that a variable like > issuper would have 0 = no, 1 = yes, -1 = not specified, keep previous > value. I'm simplifying this, by instead using the dissuper etc. > variables to track whether a setting was specified. This makes > everything a bit simpler and makes the subsequent patch easier. > > Second, I added the suggest by Tom Lane to rename to fields in the > used-to-be-Value nodes to be different in each node type (ival, fval, > etc.). I agree that this makes things a bit cleaner and reduces the > changes of mixups. > > And third, the original patch that introduces the Boolean node with some > small changes based on the feedback.
Another very small update, attempting to appease the cfbot.
This is almost trivial patch
There are not problems with patching, compilation and tests
