On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 12:21 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > > John Naylor <[email protected]> writes: > > I'd prefer just adding "Assert(hentry->event == oldn);" and declaring > > hentry PG_USED_FOR_ASSERTS_ONLY. > > I'm not aware of any other places where we have Asserts checking > that hash_search() honored its contract. Why do we need one here?
[removing old CC] The author pointed out here that we're not consistent in this regard: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAEG8a3KEO_Kdt2Y5hFNWMEX3DpCXi9jtZOJY-GFUEE9QLgF%2Bbw%40mail.gmail.com ...but I didn't try seeing where the balance lay. We can certainly just remove redundant assignments.
