From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:48:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add comment about why "((void) 0)" is used in copy macros.
X-Git-Tag: REL8_4_RC1~61
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a0ebe6152e5e4d91eed9bafd7db2f294fd889a4;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Add comment about why "((void) 0)" is used in copy macros.
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diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index c8f5b7d1736..4f4b8474b09 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.309 2009/05/29 13:54:52 meskes Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.310 2009/06/03 14:48:33 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ typedef struct
 /*
  * These macros centralize code used to process line_buf and raw_buf buffers.
  * They are macros because they often do continue/break control and to avoid
- * function call overhead in tight COPY loops.
+ * function call overhead in tight COPY loops.  "((void) 0)" is used to silence
+ * compiler warnings.
  *
  * We must use "if (1)" because "do {} while(0)" overrides the continue/break
  * processing.	See http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/info/C/C.macros.