Re: [HACKERS] assorted code cleanup

On 9/7/17 14:53, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> On 9/5/17 15:32, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> I do agree with the idea that we should use the * notation in cases where
>>> the reader might otherwise think that a plain function was being invoked,
>>> ie I don't like
>>> some_function_pointer(args);
>>> Even if the compiler isn't confused, readers might be.  But in the case of
>>> structname->pointerfield(args);
>>> it's impossible to read that as a plain function call, so I'm okay with
>>> dropping the extra punctuation there.
> 
>> Committed that way.  Thanks.
> 
> Is it worth memorializing this in the docs somewhere, perhaps
> "53.4. Miscellaneous Coding Conventions" ?

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