Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 23-Mar-04, at 7:05 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> No, lcons is one of the names that I think we should stick with on >> historical grounds. It's widely used in the backend and it has the >> right connotations for anyone who's ever used Lisp.
> I think it has exactly the *wrong* connotations: the name suggests that > it creates a new cons cell (along with the ensuing implications about > performance and the internal implementation of the list), which is no > longer the case. How do you mean it's no longer the case? ListCell looks exactly like a cons cell to me. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match