Re: generic plans and "initial" pruning

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 3:13 AM Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> wrote:
> Attached 0001 removes unnecessary cleanup calls from ExecEnd*() routines.

It also adds a few random Assert()s to verify that unrelated pointers
are not NULL. I suggest that it shouldn't do that.

The commit message doesn't mention the removal of the calls to
ExecDropSingleTupleTableSlot. It's not clear to me why that's OK and I
think it would be nice to mention it in the commit message, assuming
that it is in fact OK.

I suggest changing the subject line of the commit to something like
"Remove obsolete executor cleanup code."

> 0002 adds NULLness checks in ExecEnd*() routines on some pointers that
> may not be initialized by the corresponding ExecInit*() routines in
> the case where it returns early.

I think you should only add these where it's needed. For example, I
think list_free_deep(NIL) is fine.

The changes to ExecEndForeignScan look like they include stuff that
belongs in 0001.

Personally, I prefer explicit NULL-tests i.e. if (x != NULL) to
implicit ones like if (x), but opinions vary.

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