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Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 10:17:22 -0800
From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
	Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Replace PROC_QUEUE / SHM_QUEUE with ilist.h
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Hi,

On 2022-11-19 21:59:30 -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> In [1] Robert justifiably complained about the use of PROC_QUEUE. I've
> previously been bothered by this in [2], but didn't get around to finishing
> the patches.
> 
> One thing that made me hesitate was the naming of the function for a) checking
> whether a dlist_node is a list, b) initializing and deleting nodes in a way to
> allow for a).  My patch adds dlist_node_init(), dlist_delete_thoroughly() /
> dlist_delete_from_thoroughly() / dclist_delete_from_thoroughly() and
> dlist_node_is_detached().  Thomas proposed dlist_delete_and_reinit() and
> dlist_node_is_linked() instead.

Any comments on these names? Otherwise I'm planning to push ahead with the
names as is, lest I forget this patchset for another ~2 years.

Greetings,

Andres Freund