RE: Unused function parameter in get_qual_from_partbound()

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 7:30 PM David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 21:50, houzj(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com <houzj(dot)fnst(at)fujitsu(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > I noticed that the first function parameter in
> > get_qual_from_partbound(**Relation rel**, Relation parent, is not used in the
> function.
> >
> > Is it better to remove it like the attached patch ?
>
> Going by [1] it was used when it went in. It looks like it was for mapping attribute
> numbers between parent and partition rels.
>
> Going by [2], it looks like it became unused due to the attribute mapping code
> being moved down into map_partition_varattnos().
>
> As for whether we should remove it or not, because it's an external function
> that an extension might want to use, it would need to wait until at least we
> branch for PG15.
>
> Likely it's best to add the patch to the July commitfest so that we can make a
> decision then.

OK, Thanks for the explanation.
Added to CF: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/33/3159/

Best regards,
houzj