Re: fix typo in guc.c

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
> On 01/26/2015 02:56 PM, Sawada Masahiko wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Attached patch fixes the typo in guc.c.
>> It's typo, I think.
>>
>> diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
>> index f6df077..f4f1965 100644
>> --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
>> +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
>> @@ -3880,7 +3880,7 @@ build_guc_variables(void)
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> - * Create table with 20% slack
>> + * Create table with 25% slack
>> */
>> size_vars = num_vars + num_vars / 4;
>
>
> No, I think that's intentional. After the creation, indeed 20% of the table
> is empty. For example, if num_vars is 100, size_vars is 125. And 100/125 =
> 0.80.
>
> In add_guc_variable, where the table is enlarged, it says:
>
>> /*
>> * Increase the vector by 25%
>> */
>> int size_vars = size_guc_variables +
>> size_guc_variables / 4;
>
>
> That's correct too. The table is enlarged by 25%, so after the operation,
> 20% of it is again free. Subtle ;-)
>
> (Although I don't think "increase" is the correct term here. Should be
> "enlarge", or "increase the *size* of the vector by 25%".)
>

Oh I see. Thank you for explain!
I think so too, 'enlarged' should be used in here.

Regards,

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Sawada Masahiko