Re: minor: contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c uses DirectFunctionCall3(inet_in,..)

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:12:37PM -0600, Jon Nelson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql(at)jamponi(dot)net> writes:
> >> contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c uses DirectFunctionCall3(inet_in,..)
> >> instead of DirectFunctionCall1(inet_in, one_argument).
> >
> >> That doesn't seem right. Does such a thing matter?
> >
> > It's not really incorrect: in a call going through InputFunctionCall(),
> > which is the normal path, the two extra arguments would be provided
> > whether the specific datatype input function needed them or not.
> >
> > However, I think the usual convention for DirectFunctionCall() usage
> > is to pass exactly what the target function uses, since you know
> > exactly what you're calling. Certainly that's what happens in the
> > two direct calls to inet_in in the core code.
> >
> > So I tend to agree that we should change this call to match the others,
> > but it's purely cosmetic.
>
> So, are there any additional steps that you might recommend that I take?
> It's such a trivial thing. I could provide a patch, of course, or a
> pull request off of github if people use that.

Patch attached for review.

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