Re: indxpath.c refactoring

On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 18:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > This simple refactoring patch moves all of the code associated with
> > Partial Index planning into a single file.
>
> Applied with some revisions -
>
> * I put the new predtest.c file into optimizer/util, which seemed a more
>   plausible location than /path, and gave it its own header file.
>
> * I thought check_partial_indexes() should stay in indxpath.c; it is an
>   application of the theorem-proving module to indexes, not part of the
>   prover proper.
>
> * I took the opportunity to rename pred_test() to predicate_implied_by(),
>   which seems more clear about what it's doing and in which direction.
>

Many thanks.

> As for the future...
>
> > - redesigning the low level routines to allow them to perform their
> > stuff for both Partial Index and Constraint-based elimination (aka
> > Partitioning...)
>
> The other main entry point should probably be called something like
> predicate_refuted_by?

Will do.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs