pgsql: Remove HeapTupleheaderSetXminCommitted/Invalid functions

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Remove HeapTupleheaderSetXminCommitted/Invalid functions
Date: 2026-02-09 18:22:51
Message-ID: E1vpVuN-00283L-0N@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Remove HeapTupleheaderSetXminCommitted/Invalid functions

They are not and never have been used by any known code -- apparently we
just cargo-culted them in commit 37484ad2aace (or their ancestor macros
anyway, which begat these functions in commit 34694ec888d6). Allegedly
they're also potentially dangerous; users are better off going through
HeapTupleSetHintBits instead.

Author: Andy Fan <zhihuifan1213(at)163(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87sejogt4g.fsf@163.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/cbef472558ca50d282414e68083717c44b92ad62

Modified Files
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src/include/access/htup_details.h | 14 --------------
1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)

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