Hi,
On 2019-03-25 12:33:38 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > Maybe we don't really need the word "tuple". Like we could just make
> > it slot_store_heap() or SlotStoreHeap(). A slot can only store a
> > tuple, after all.
>
> I don't think it's wise to think of these things as just "slots";
> that name is way too generic. They are "tuple slots", and so that
> word has to stay in the relevant function names.
Hm. But we already have slot_{getsomeattrs, getallattrs, attisnull,
getattr, getsysattr}. But perhaps the att in there is enough addiitional
information?
Although now I'm looking at consistency annoyed at slot_attisnull (no r)
and slot_getattr (r) ;)
Greetings,
Andres Freund