Add castNode(type, ptr) for safe casting between NodeTag based types.
The new function allows to cast from one NodeTag based type to
another, while asserting that the conversion is valid. This replaces
the common pattern of doing a cast and a Assert(IsA(ptr, type))
close-by.
As this seems likely to be used pervasively, we decided to backpatch
this change the addition of this macro. Otherwise backpatched fixes
are more likely not to work on back-branches.
On branches before 9.6, where we do not yet rely on inline functions
being available, the type assertion is only performed if PG_USE_INLINE
support is detected. The cast obviously is performed regardless.
For the benefit of verifying the macro compiles in the back-branches,
this commit contains a single use of the new macro. On master, a
somewhat larger conversion will be committed separately.
Author: Peter Eisentraut and Andres Freund
Reviewed-By: Tom Lane
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c5d387d9-3440-f5e0-f9d4-71d53b9fbe52@2ndquadrant.com
Backpatch: 9.2-
Branch
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master
Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/5bcab111426e5aae659a97a66d5de4ab9fe40edf
Modified Files
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src/backend/tcop/postgres.c | 2 +-
src/include/nodes/nodes.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)