Add const qualifiers to internal range type APIs

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 5:01 AM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:

This patch adds const qualifiers to internal range type APIs. It
doesn't require any new casts or remove any old ones.

Just out of curiosity, what is the motivation for this?

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On 2019-10-28 14:05, Robert Haas wrote:

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 5:01 AM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:

This patch adds const qualifiers to internal range type APIs. It
doesn't require any new casts or remove any old ones.

Just out of curiosity, what is the motivation for this?

I don't remember. :-)

I had this code lying around from earlier "adventures in const",
probably related to unconstify() and that work, and it seemed sensible
and self-contained enough to finish up and submit.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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On 2019-10-29 16:48:24 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

On 2019-10-28 14:05, Robert Haas wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what is the motivation for this?

I don't remember. :-)

I had this code lying around from earlier "adventures in const", probably
related to unconstify() and that work, and it seemed sensible and
self-contained enough to finish up and submit.

+1

On 2019-10-29 21:11, Andres Freund wrote:

On 2019-10-29 16:48:24 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

On 2019-10-28 14:05, Robert Haas wrote:

Just out of curiosity, what is the motivation for this?

I don't remember. :-)

I had this code lying around from earlier "adventures in const", probably
related to unconstify() and that work, and it seemed sensible and
self-contained enough to finish up and submit.

+1

committed

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services