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Tom Lane 569ed7f483 Redesign the API for list sorting (list_qsort becomes list_sort). In the wake of commit `1cff1b95a`, the obvious way to sort a List is to apply qsort() directly to the array of ListCells. list_qsort was building an intermediate array of pointers-to-ListCells, which we no longer need, but getting rid of it forces an API change: the comparator functions need to do one less level of indirection. Since we're having to touch the callers anyway, let's do two additional changes: sort the given list in-place rather than making a copy (as none of the existing callers have any use for the copying behavior), and rename list_qsort to list_sort. It was argued that the old name exposes more about the implementation than it should, which I find pretty questionable, but a better reason to rename it is to be sure we get the attention of any external callers about the need to fix their comparator functions. While we're at it, change four existing callers of qsort() to use list_sort instead; previously, they all had local reinventions of list_qsort, ie build-an-array-from-a-List-and-qsort-it. (There are some other places where changing to list_sort perhaps would be worthwhile, but they're less obviously wins.) Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/29361.1563220190@sss.pgh.pa.us		2019-07-16 11:51:44 -04:00
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README

PostgreSQL Database Management System
=====================================

This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.

PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:

	https://www.postgresql.org/download

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
https://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.