Re: Remove unused fields in ReorderBufferTupleBuf

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Remove unused fields in ReorderBufferTupleBuf
Date: 2024-01-22 14:18:50
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TOuqrD0ogZtfV4P7g_ugxKTQNgRPCUjnqonLf+YCeWmkg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

> > But why didn't you pursue your idea of getting rid of the wrapper
> > structure ReorderBufferTupleBuf which after this patch will have just
> > one member? I think there could be hassles in backpatching bug-fixes
> > in some cases but in the longer run it would make the code look clean.
>
> Indeed. In fact turned out that I suggested the same above but
> apparently forgot:
>
> > On top of that IMO it doesn't make much sense to keep a one-field
> > wrapper structure. Perhaps we should get rid of it entirely and just
> > use HeapTupleData instead.
>
> After actually trying the refactoring I agree that the code becomes
> cleaner and it's going to be beneficial in the long run. Here is the
> patch.

I did a mistake in v4:

```
- alloc_len = tuple_len + SizeofHeapTupleHeader;
+ alloc_len = tuple_len + HEAPTUPLESIZE;
```

Here is the corrected patch.

--
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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