Re: inline newNode()

Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> I don't like making the code GCC-specific any more than anyone else
> does, but given that the code-bloat is specific to the inline version
> of newNode (which in the scheme I described earlier would be
> GCC-only) -- so introducing a GCC-specific fix for a GCC-specific
> problem isn't too bad, IMHO.

> Or we could just use your other suggestion: define a variant of
> MemSet() and use it when we know it's safe. Not sure which is the
> better solution: any comments?

If we're going with a GCC-only approach to inlining newNode then it
seems like a tossup to me too.  Any other thoughts out there?

            regards, tom lane