Re: embedded list

On Thursday, October 11, 2012 03:23:12 PM Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera escribió:
> > I also included two new functions in that patch, dlisti_push_head and
> > dlisti_push_tail. These functions are identical to dlist_push_head and
> > dlist_push_tail, except that they do not accept non-circular lists.
> > What this means is that callers that find the non-circularity acceptable
> > can use the regular version, and will run dlist_init() on demand;
> > callers that want the super-tight code can use the other version.
> > I didn't bother with a new dlist_is_empty.
>
> Is there any more input on this? At this point I would recommend
> committing this patch _without_ these dlisti functions, i.e. we will
> only have the functions that check for NULL-initialized dlists. We can
> later discuss whether to include them or not (it would be a much smaller
> patch and would not affect the existing functionality in any way.)
I can live with that. I didn't have a chance to look at the newest revision
yet, will do that after I finish my first pass through foreign key locks.

Andres
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