Re: What about a castNode() macro?

Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> There's a repeated pattern of

> Assert(IsA(ptr, nodetype));
> foo = (nodetype *) ptr;

> how about adding a castNode() that combines those?

Doesn't really seem worth it.  The notational advantage is not great,
and to the extent that it were to touch a lot of places, the main outcome
would be pain for back-patching.
        regards, tom lane