Hi Maxime, > > Can you think of any test cases we can add to the code base? > > The only idea I have would be adding a new index module in src/test/modules > that has this particular property and have a test that will hit > get_actual_variable_range(). > For example, it could be a new access method that is a copy of btree, but > whose amcanreturn property is null and that specifically sets scan->xs_itup > to null in amgettuple. > > Without the patch, such a test would fail with 'ERROR: no data returned for > index-only scan’, while with the patch it would pass.
Yes, this is how we typically test cases like this. IMO adding a test module would be helpful. It can be reused for other scenarios. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev