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Andres Freund authored
The new function allows to cast from one NodeTag based type to another, while asserting that the conversion is valid. This replaces the common pattern of doing a cast and a Assert(IsA(ptr, type)) close-by. As this seems likely to be used pervasively, we decided to backpatch this change the addition of this macro. Otherwise backpatched fixes are more likely not to work on back-branches. On branches before 9.6, where we do not yet rely on inline functions being available, the type assertion is only performed if PG_USE_INLINE support is detected. The cast obviously is performed regardless. For the benefit of verifying the macro compiles in the back-branches, this commit contains a single use of the new macro. On master, a somewhat larger conversion will be committed separately. Author: Peter Eisentraut and Andres Freund Reviewed-By: Tom Lane Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c5d387d9-3440-f5e0-f9d4-71d53b9fbe52@2ndquadrant.com Backpatch: 9.2-
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