On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 2:36 AM Amit Kapila <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM Peter Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Swada-San. Here are some minor review comments for v4-0001/2 combined.
> >
> > ======
> > src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
> >
> > is_table_publishable_in_publication:
> >
> > 1.
> > This function logic has a format like
> >
> > if (cond)
> > {
> >  ...
> >  return;
> > }
> >
> > if (cond2)
> > {
> >  ...
> >  return;
> > }
> >
> > etc.
> >
> > There are many return points, and most of those "if" blocks cannot
> > fall through (they return).
> >
> > I found it slightly difficult to read the code because I kept having
> > to think, "OK, if we reached here, it means pubviaroot must be false,"
> > or "OK, if we reached this far, then puballtables must be false, and
> > pubviaroot must be false," etc.
> >
>
> I can't say exactly why, but I find it difficult to read this
> function. So, I share your concerns about the code of this function.
> Because of its complexity it is difficult to ascertain that the
> functionality is correct or we missed something. Also, considering it
> is correct today, in its current form, it may become difficult to
> enhance it in future.

Okay, I'll refactor that function.

>
> One more comment on latest patch:
> *
> +static Datum
> +pg_get_publication_tables(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, ArrayType *pubnames,
> +                          Oid target_relid, bool filter_by_relid,
>
> Why do we need filter_by_relid as a separate parameter? Isn't the
> valid value of target_relid the same? If so, can't we use target_relid
> for the required checks?

If we don't have filter_by_relid, we would end up not filtering
anything if users pass 0 (InvalidOid) as the target_relid to the new
pg_get_publication_tables(). This is the same as the behavior of the
existing pg_get_publication_tables(), so I'm concerned that it could
be confusing that the function behaves the same even though passing
different arguments . We can check whether the given target_relid is
valid in pg_get_publication_b() but we would end up checking it
multiple times unnecessarily.

Regards,

-- 
Masahiko Sawada
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