Re: [PATCH] Clarify the comments about varlena header encoding

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify the comments about varlena header encoding
Date: 2022-10-12 05:26:38
Message-ID: Y0ZQDsyc1jeIVD6s@paquier.xyz
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:47:07AM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
> I don't think this clarifies anything, it's just a rephrasing.
>
> More broadly, I think the description of varlenas in this header is at
> a kind of "local maximum" -- minor adjustments are more likely to make
> it worse. To significantly improve clarity might require a larger
> rewriting, but I'm not personally interested in taking part in that.

This has remained unanswered for four weeks now, so marked as returned
with feedback in the 2022-09 CF.
--
Michael

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