Re: makeAndExpr(), etc. confined to gram.y?

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Amit Langote <amitlangote09(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Yeah, that is true. Sorry, I am unaware as to how generic make*
>> functions in gram.y are and how they differ from those in makefuncs.c.
>
>> So, use of make* family of functions outside parser is their abuse in
>> some way? Anything that needs to use these functions should somehow be
>> accomplished in parser perhaps. For example, duplicate/redundant CHECK
>> expressions elimination and such?
>
> Well, the larger point here is that those functions are specific to
> gram.y's problem of constructing multi-AND(OR) structures during a series
> of binary production actions. I don't see that there's any use for them
> elsewhere, and the way that they modify the input structures wouldn't
> necessarily be safe anywhere else either.
>

I see. Thanks for clarifying.

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Amit