Re: get rid of Pointer type, mostly

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> But if it were up to me, I'd rip out Pointer completely, because
> reading code that uses the native C type names is easier for me than
> reading code that substitutes other notation.

I can follow the argument that using the native type "void *" is
better, since every C programmer must know that already.  But you
cannot argue for this patch on that ground unless Pointer goes away
entirely.  I don't understand leaving it in place for GIN.  It's
not like GIN indexes are some hoary backwater that nobody pays
attention to.

            regards, tom lane