Re: Any reason to have heap_(de)formtuple?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Any reason to have heap_(de)formtuple?
Date: 2008-10-23 15:14:06
Message-ID: 4936.1224774846@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> Tom Lane napsal(a):
>> Well, aside from the gruntwork needed to convert all the core code that
>> still uses the old APIs, there's the prospect of breaking extension
>> modules that still use the old APIs. It's kind of annoying to have two
>> copies of that code, but less annoying than removing it would be ...

> What's about convert null array to boolean and call heap_form_tuple?

Yeah, that's a thought. We'd want to be sure we'd converted any call
sites that are performance-critical, but surely the vast majority are
not.

regards, tom lane

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