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queoahfh

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    Comment #48843884

    I wrongly guessed that the boolean in the original C code was for error handling when I skimmed it, but instead it is just a result value, while elog() and related macros/functions…

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    Comment #48842707

    Yes, but the original boolean seems to have been used for error handling, and the tagged union is also used for error handling. Why have both simultaneously in the same function in…

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    Comment #48842529

    I am concerned about the quality. Even a cursory skim of the code makes the code appear asinine. Unless the genius aspects of the code elude me. https://github.com/malisper/pgrust/…

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    Comment #48842518

    From what I skimmed manually, not that many, but the code itself seems labyrinthical. Like, why have both Rust Try-supporting Error-like tagged union, but also booleans, for error …

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    Comment #48842481

    What a peculiar kind of rewrite. Rust: https://github.com/malisper/pgrust/blob/3646a73515a5e4ac7d0b... Original: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/df293aed46e3133df3... Usa…

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    Comment #48842266

    Didn't the initial rewrite of Bun into Rust have an ocean of "unsafe" in it, and wasn't it entirely dysfunctional?