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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2003-02-09 06:56:28 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2003-02-09 06:56:28 +0000
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Create a distinction between Lists of integers and Lists of OIDs, to get
rid of the assumption that sizeof(Oid)==sizeof(int). This is one small step towards someday supporting 8-byte OIDs. For the moment, it doesn't do much except get rid of a lot of unsightly casts.
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@@ -643,9 +643,8 @@ List *i, *list;
return the i'th element in list.
lconsi, ...
- There are integer versions of these: lconsi, lappendi, nthi.
- List's containing integers instead of Node pointers are used to
- hold list of relation object id's and other integer quantities.
+ There are integer versions of these: lconsi, lappendi, etc.
+ Also versions for OID lists: lconso, lappendo, etc.
You can print nodes easily inside gdb. First, to disable output
truncation when you use the gdb print command: