From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: linked list rewrite |
Date: | 2004-04-28 04:12:21 |
Message-ID: | 200404280412.i3S4CLV19040@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> > Most of your suggestions are agreeable; a few minor quibbles follow.
>
> >> lfirstcell new function to get first cell, or NULL if none
> > [...]
> >> llastnode llastcell
>
> > What do you think of list_head() and list_tail() instead?
>
> No strong objection, though I thought it was a good idea to include
> "cell" in the function names to suggest that what you are getting back
> is just a cell and not a List. Anyone else have a preference?
I never liked "cell" myself. It is too vague to me. But I see your
point that list_head you would think returns the head of the list, not
the first element in the list. Maybe list_first and list_last?
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