Greg Nancarrow <gregn4...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 11:01 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> The comment is written in terms of "when can we
>> skip taking a snapshot", while the test in the code is written for
>> the inverse condition "when do we need a snapshot".
> Perhaps that code could have been written as the following, to better
> align with the comments:
> [ invert the variable's meaning ]
Yeah, perhaps. I remember feeling that the code was clearer this
way (because "if (!skip_snapshot)" seems a little backwards).
But it might be better to make the code fit the comment than to
try to invert the description in the comment.
regards, tom lane
