heap_markpos and heap_restrpos

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: heap_markpos and heap_restrpos
Date: 2006-09-26 11:54:12
Message-ID: 451914E4.6040003@enterprisedb.com
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What's the purpose of mark/restrpos in heapam.c?

AFAIK, mark/restore is only used by merge joins, and you can't feed a
merge join from a heap scan because merge join requires sorted input.

Unless I'm missing something, heap_markpos and heap_restrpos are dead code.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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