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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.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/FAQ_DEV5
-rw-r--r--doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html6
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ_DEV b/doc/FAQ_DEV
index a2aae877822..3d3092815d0 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ_DEV
+++ b/doc/FAQ_DEV
@@ -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:
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html
index 6b54fbce936..4c2478be5c1 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html
@@ -779,10 +779,8 @@
<DT>lconsi, ...</DT>
- <DD>There are integer versions of these: <I>lconsi, lappendi,
- nthi.</I> <I>List's</I> containing integers instead of Node
- pointers are used to hold list of relation object id's and
- other integer quantities.</DD>
+ <DD>There are integer versions of these: <I>lconsi, lappendi</I>,
+ etc. Also versions for OID lists: <I>lconso, lappendo</I>, etc.</DD>
</DL>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
You can print nodes easily inside <I>gdb.</I> First, to disable