On 2017-04-06 17:03:20 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>
> > My compiler, quite justifiedly, complains:
> >
> > /home/andres/src/postgresql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c: In function ‘get_rte_attribute_is_dropped’:
> > /home/andres/src/postgresql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c:2899:43: warning: comparison between pointer and
zerocharacter constant [-Wpointer-compare]
> > (list_nth(rte->coltypes, attnum - 1) != InvalidOid);
> > ^~
> > /home/andres/src/postgresql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c:2899:7: note: did you mean to dereference the
pointer?
> > (list_nth(rte->coltypes, attnum - 1) != InvalidOid);
> > ^
>
> Good catch. Will push a change from list_nth() to list_nth_oid()
> for the benefit of stricter compilers. While I'm at it, I'll throw
> on another layer of parentheses to ensure people read that
> correctly. Out of curiosity, what compiler or setting catches this?
gcc-7 here, and the specific warning is -Wpointer-compare.
- Andres