Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] SortSupport for macaddr type

On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 01:56:41PM -0800, Brandur Leach wrote:

Hello Brandur, thanks for the updated patch!

> 
> > * you used macaddr_cmp_internal() function name, for uuid
> >   the same function is named uuid_internal_cmp().  Using
> >   the same naming pattern is probably better.
> 
> I was a little split on this one! It's true that UUID uses
> `_internal_cmp`, but `_cmp_internal` is also used in a
> number of places like `enum`, `timetz`, and `network`. I
> don't have a strong feeling about it either way, so I've
> changed it to `_internal_cmp` to match UUID as you
> suggested.
>

Indeed, I should have checked more examples :/ There isn't any clear pattern
for this, so I guess any one would be ok.

> > * the function comment on macaddr_abbrev_convert()
> >   doesn't mention specific little-endian handling
> 
> I tried to bake this into the comment text. Here are the
> relevant lines of the amended version:
> 
>     * Packs the bytes of a 6-byte MAC address into a Datum and treats it as
> an
>     * unsigned integer for purposes of comparison. On a 64-bit machine,
> there
>     * will be two zeroed bytes of padding. The integer is converted to
> native
>     * endianness to facilitate easy comparison.
> 
> > * "There will be two bytes of zero padding on the least
> >   significant end"
> >
> > "least significant bits" would be better
> 
> Also done. Here is the amended version:
> 
>     * On a 64-bit machine, zero out the 8-byte datum and copy the 6 bytes of
>     * the MAC address in. There will be two bytes of zero padding on the end
>     * of the least significant bits.
> 

Thanks.  I'm ok with this, but maybe a native english speaker would have a
better opinion on this.

> > * This patch will trigger quite a lot modifications after
> >   a pgindent run.  Could you try to run pgindent on mac.c
> >   before sending an updated patch?
> 
> Good call! I've run the new version through pgindent.
> 

Thanks also, no more issue here.

> Let me know if you have any further feedback and/or
> suggestions. Thanks!

One last thing, I noticed that you added:

+static int macaddr_internal_cmp(macaddr *a1, macaddr *a2);

but the existing function is declared as

static int32
macaddr_internal_cmp(macaddr *a1, macaddr *a2)

I'd be in favor to declare both as int.

After this, I think this patch will be ready for committer.

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