Re: Typo about subxip in comments

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Typo about subxip in comments
Date: 2022-11-12 04:12:06
Message-ID: CAA4eK1KmAA2PtmEZe1+Xjf-JDXSfKqy9J4-KtkvF6UbDvH8rgQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 2:45 PM Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 at 15:23, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 12:16 PM Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 11:26 AM Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Recently, when I read the XidInMVCCSnapshot(), and find there are some
> >>> typos in the comments.
> >>
> >>
> >> Hmm, it seems to me 'the subxact array' is just another saying to refer
> >> to snapshot->subxip. I'm not sure about this being typo. But I have no
> >> objection to this change, as it is more consistent with the 'xip array'
> >> saying followed.
> >>
> >
> > Agreed, it is more about being consistent with xip array.
>
> Thanks for reviewings.
>
> Maybe a wrong plural in XidInMvccSnapshot().
>
> * Make a quick range check to eliminate most XIDs without looking at the
> * xip arrays.
>
> I think we should use "xip array" instead of "xip arrays".
>

I think here the comment is referring to both xip and subxip array, so
it looks okay to me.

> Furthermore, if the snapshot is taken during recovery, the xip array is
> empty, and we should check subxip array. How about changing "xip arrays"
> to "xip or subxip array"?
>

I don't know if that is an improvement. I think we should stick to
your initial proposed change.

--
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

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