Remove the last traces of Joe Hellerstein's "xfunc" optimization. Patch

from Alvaro Herrera. Also, removed lispsort.c, since it is no longer
used.

src/backend/lib/Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for lib (miscellaneous stuff)
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/lib/Makefile,v 1.18 2003/11/29 19:51:49 pgsql Exp $
+#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/lib/Makefile,v 1.19 2004/04/25 18:23:56 neilc Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ subdir = src/backend/lib
 top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-OBJS = dllist.o lispsort.o stringinfo.o
+OBJS = dllist.o stringinfo.o
 
 all: SUBSYS.o
 

src/backend/lib/lispsort.c

-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * lispsort.c
- *
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
- *
- *
- * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/lib/lispsort.c,v 1.20 2003/11/29 19:51:49 pgsql Exp $
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-#include "postgres.h"
-
-
-#ifdef NOT_USED
-/*
-** lisp_qsort: Takes a lisp list as input, copies it into an array of lisp
-**			   nodes which it sorts via qsort() with the comparison function
-**			   as passed into lisp_qsort(), and returns a new list with
-**			   the nodes sorted.  The old list is *not* freed or modified (?)
-*/
-List *
-lisp_qsort(List *the_list,		/* the list to be sorted */
-		   int (*compare) ())	/* function to compare two nodes */
-{
-	int			i;
-	size_t		num;
-	List	  **nodearray;
-	List	   *tmp,
-			   *output;
-
-	/* find size of list */
-	num = length(the_list);
-	if (num < 2)
-		return copyObject(the_list);
-
-	/* copy elements of the list into an array */
-	nodearray = (List **) palloc(num * sizeof(List *));
-
-	for (tmp = the_list, i = 0; tmp != NIL; tmp = lnext(tmp), i++)
-		nodearray[i] = copyObject(lfirst(tmp));
-
-	/* sort the array */
-	pg_qsort(nodearray, num, sizeof(List *), compare);
-
-	/* lcons together the array elements */
-	output = NIL;
-	for (i = num - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-		output = lcons(nodearray[i], output);
-
-	return output;
-}
-
-#endif

src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c,v 1.112 2004/01/14 23:01:55 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c,v 1.113 2004/04/25 18:23:56 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -531,16 +531,6 @@ make_one_rel_by_joins(Query *root, int levels_needed, List *initial_rels)
 		{
 			rel = (RelOptInfo *) lfirst(x);
 
-#ifdef NOT_USED
-
-			/*
-			 * * for each expensive predicate in each path in each
-			 * distinct rel, * consider doing pullup  -- JMH
-			 */
-			if (XfuncMode != XFUNC_NOPULL && XfuncMode != XFUNC_OFF)
-				xfunc_trypullup(rel);
-#endif
-
 			/* Find and save the cheapest paths for this rel */
 			set_cheapest(rel);
 

src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c,v 1.168 2004/02/29 17:36:05 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c,v 1.169 2004/04/25 18:23:56 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -167,19 +167,6 @@ create_plan(Query *root, Path *best_path)
 			break;
 	}
 
-#ifdef NOT_USED					/* fix xfunc */
-	/* sort clauses by cost/(1-selectivity) -- JMH 2/26/92 */
-	if (XfuncMode != XFUNC_OFF)
-	{
-		set_qpqual((Plan) plan,
-				   lisp_qsort(get_qpqual((Plan) plan),
-							  xfunc_clause_compare));
-		if (XfuncMode != XFUNC_NOR)
-			/* sort the disjuncts within each clause by cost -- JMH 3/4/92 */
-			xfunc_disjunct_sort(plan->qpqual);
-	}
-#endif
-
 	return plan;
 }
 

src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c,v 1.103 2004/03/29 19:58:04 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c,v 1.104 2004/04/25 18:23:56 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ set_cheapest(RelOptInfo *parent_rel)
  *	  A path is worthy if it has either a better sort order (better pathkeys)
  *	  or cheaper cost (on either dimension) than any of the existing old paths.
  *
- *	  Unless parent_rel->pruneable is false, we also remove from the rel's
- *	  pathlist any old paths that are dominated by new_path --- that is,
- *	  new_path is both cheaper and at least as well ordered.
+ *	  We also remove from the rel's pathlist any old paths that are dominated
+ *	  by new_path --- that is, new_path is both cheaper and at least as well
+ *	  ordered.
  *
  *	  The pathlist is kept sorted by TOTAL_COST metric, with cheaper paths
  *	  at the front.  No code depends on that for correctness; it's simply
@@ -342,10 +342,9 @@ add_path(RelOptInfo *parent_rel, Path *new_path)
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Remove current element from pathlist if dominated by new,
-		 * unless xfunc told us not to remove any paths.
+		 * Remove current element from pathlist if dominated by new.
 		 */
-		if (remove_old && parent_rel->pruneable)
+		if (remove_old)
 		{
 			List	   *p1_next = lnext(p1);
 

src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c,v 1.55 2004/02/17 00:52:53 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c,v 1.56 2004/04/25 18:23:56 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ make_base_rel(Query *root, int relid)
 	rel->cheapest_startup_path = NULL;
 	rel->cheapest_total_path = NULL;
 	rel->cheapest_unique_path = NULL;
-	rel->pruneable = true;
 	rel->relid = relid;
 	rel->rtekind = rte->rtekind;
 	/* min_attr, max_attr, attr_needed, attr_widths are set below */
@@ -291,7 +290,6 @@ build_join_rel(Query *root,
 	joinrel->cheapest_startup_path = NULL;
 	joinrel->cheapest_total_path = NULL;
 	joinrel->cheapest_unique_path = NULL;
-	joinrel->pruneable = true;
 	joinrel->relid = 0;			/* indicates not a baserel */
 	joinrel->rtekind = RTE_JOIN;
 	joinrel->min_attr = 0;

src/backend/tcop/postgres.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.400 2004/04/19 17:42:58 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.401 2004/04/25 18:23:56 neilc Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  this is the "main" module of the postgres backend and
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ bool        Log_disconnections = false;
 
 LogStmtLevel log_statement = LOGSTMT_NONE;
 
-/*
- * Flags for expensive function optimization -- JMH 3/9/92
- */
-int			XfuncMode = 0;
-
 /* GUC variable for maximum stack depth (measured in kilobytes) */
 int			max_stack_depth = 2048;
 
@@ -2223,7 +2218,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], const char *username)
 	ctx = debug_context = PGC_POSTMASTER;
 	gucsource = PGC_S_ARGV;		/* initial switches came from command line */
 
-	while ((flag = getopt(argc, argv, "A:B:c:D:d:Eef:FiNOPo:p:S:st:v:W:x:-:")) != -1)
+	while ((flag = getopt(argc, argv, "A:B:c:D:d:Eef:FiNOPo:p:S:st:v:W:-:")) != -1)
 		switch (flag)
 		{
 			case 'A':
@@ -2459,39 +2454,6 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], const char *username)
 				pg_usleep(atoi(optarg)*1000000L);
 				break;
 
-			case 'x':
-#ifdef NOT_USED					/* planner/xfunc.h */
-
-				/*
-				 * control joey hellerstein's expensive function
-				 * optimization
-				 */
-				if (XfuncMode != 0)
-				{
-					elog(WARNING, "only one -x flag is allowed");
-					errs++;
-					break;
-				}
-				if (strcmp(optarg, "off") == 0)
-					XfuncMode = XFUNC_OFF;
-				else if (strcmp(optarg, "nor") == 0)
-					XfuncMode = XFUNC_NOR;
-				else if (strcmp(optarg, "nopull") == 0)
-					XfuncMode = XFUNC_NOPULL;
-				else if (strcmp(optarg, "nopm") == 0)
-					XfuncMode = XFUNC_NOPM;
-				else if (strcmp(optarg, "pullall") == 0)
-					XfuncMode = XFUNC_PULLALL;
-				else if (strcmp(optarg, "wait") == 0)
-					XfuncMode = XFUNC_WAIT;
-				else
-				{
-					elog(WARNING, "use -x {off,nor,nopull,nopm,pullall,wait}");
-					errs++;
-				}
-#endif
-				break;
-
 			case 'c':
 			case '-':
 				{

src/include/nodes/relation.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/nodes/relation.h,v 1.93 2004/01/05 23:39:54 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/nodes/relation.h,v 1.94 2004/04/25 18:23:57 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ typedef struct QualCost
  *							  (regardless of its ordering)
  *		cheapest_unique_path - for caching cheapest path to produce unique
  *							   (no duplicates) output from relation
- *		pruneable - flag to let the planner know whether it can prune the
- *					pathlist of this RelOptInfo or not.
  *
  * If the relation is a base relation it will have these fields set:
  *
@@ -193,7 +191,6 @@ typedef struct RelOptInfo
 	struct Path *cheapest_startup_path;
 	struct Path *cheapest_total_path;
 	struct Path *cheapest_unique_path;
-	bool		pruneable;
 
 	/* information about a base rel (not set for join rels!) */
 	Index		relid;