Refactor to eliminate cast-away-const in pg_dump object sort comparator

From: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Refactor to eliminate cast-away-const in pg_dump object sort comparator
Date: 2025-12-24 01:58:32
Message-ID: CAEoWx2nN3LYhBmDBaXDoZ=+ikNJkJT7vzg+xPYsHUTSkV8unvg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Hacker,

While reviewing patch [1], I raised a comment about cast-away-const in
pg_dump_sort.c. However, the comment was not accepted and the argument was
that the nearby code did the same thing.

I saw Tom recently had a commit [2] that removed some cast-away-const in
ecpg, so I am filing this patch to eliminate all cast-away-const problems
in pg_dump_sort.c.

[1]
https://postgr.es/m/CALDaNm2x3rd7C0_HjUpJFbxpAqXgm=QtoKfkEWDVA8h+JFpa_w@mail.gmail.com
[2]
https://git.postgresql.org/cgit/postgresql.git/commit/?id=4eda42e8bdf5bd3bf69576d54a45c10e7cbc3b35

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/

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