Re: POC: converting Lists into arrays

Hi,

On 2019-07-31 15:57:56 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> I also wonder if a foreach version that includes the typical
> (Type *) var = (Type *) lfirst(lc);
> or
> (Type *) var = castNode(Type, lfirst(lc));
> or
> OpExpr       *hclause = lfirst_node(OpExpr, lc);
> 
> would make it nicer to use lists.
> 
> foreach_node_in(Type, name, list) could mean something like
> 
> foreach(ListCell *name##_cell, list)
> {
>     Type* name = lfirst_node(Type, name##_cell);
> }

s/lfirst/linitial/ of course. Was looking at code that also used
lfirst...

Reminds me that one advantage of macros like the second one would also
be to reduce the use of the confusingly named linitial*(), helping newer
hackers.

Greetings,

Andres Freund