pgsql: Don't rely on pointer arithmetic with Pointer type

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Don't rely on pointer arithmetic with Pointer type
Date: 2025-12-03 08:54:41
Message-ID: E1vQidE-002YxO-2j@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Don't rely on pointer arithmetic with Pointer type

The comment for the Pointer type says 'XXX Pointer arithmetic is done
with this, so it can't be void * under "true" ANSI compilers.'. This
fixes that. Change from Pointer to use char * explicitly where
pointer arithmetic is needed. This makes the meaning of the code
clearer locally and removes a dependency on the actual definition of
the Pointer type. (The definition of the Pointer type is not changed
in this commit.)

Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/4154950a-47ae-4223-bd01-1235cc50e933%40eisentraut.org

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/756a43689324b473ee07549a6eb7a53a203df5ad

Modified Files
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contrib/bloom/bloom.h | 2 +-
contrib/bloom/blutils.c | 4 ++--
contrib/bloom/blvacuum.c | 2 +-
src/backend/access/gin/gindatapage.c | 18 ++++++++---------
src/backend/access/gin/ginxlog.c | 20 +++++++++----------
src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/genericdesc.c | 4 ++--
src/backend/utils/adt/multirangetypes.c | 32 +++++++++++++++----------------
src/backend/utils/adt/rangetypes.c | 16 ++++++++--------
8 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

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