Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1403)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>, simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com
Subject: Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1403)
Date: 2009-01-14 15:00:46
Message-ID: 15141.1231945246@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> KaiGai Kohei wrote:
>> However, it also seems to me that PostgreSQL implementation tend to
>> avoid to use inline functions actively.

> I thought one advantage of using macros is that we force the inlining,

The (only) good thing about macros is they're portable: they work,
and work the same, on every C compiler. This cannot be said of "inline".

regards, tom lane

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