Re: [PATCH] dynahash.c refactoring

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)tigerdata(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynahash.c refactoring
Date: 2026-11-03 10:19:09
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TM3QtAXAGJZRFgHkCNeHQ=1ZtGRsPaWZZqWVWKtvvu6yQ@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Peter,

> > 0001: hash_freeze() has not been used since 5dfc198146 (Oct 2016). I
> > suggest removing it.
>
> This seems alright. If someone needs it, we can put it back.
>
> > 0002: hash_destroy() is the only caller of hash_stats(). I suggest
> > making the function static and place it under `#ifdef
> > HASH_STATISTICS`.
>
> I don't think this is an improvement. In general, I would like to keep
> the amount of code covered by #ifdef's as small as possible. That way,
> we reduce the chances that some code rots because it is not compiled by
> default. We could make the function static, but I would avoid the
> additional #ifdef's.

Thanks for the feedback. Here are the corrected patches.

--
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

Attachment Content-Type Size
v2-0001-Remove-hash_freeze.patch text/x-patch 5.5 KB
v2-0002-Make-hash_stats-static.patch text/x-patch 1.9 KB

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