There was some code in gen_prune_steps_from_opexps that needlessly
checked a list was not empty when it clearly had to contain at least one
item. This prompted a further cleanup operation in partprune.c.
Additionally, the previous code could end up adding additional needless
INTERSECT steps. However, those do not appear to be able to cause any
misbehavior.
gen_prune_steps_from_opexps is now no longer in charge of generating
combine pruning steps. Instead, gen_partprune_steps_internal, which
already does some combine step creation has been given the sole
responsibility of generating all combine steps. This means that when
we recursively call gen_partprune_steps_internal, since it always now adds
a combine step when it produces multiple steps, we can just pay attention
to the final step returned.
In passing, do quite a bit of work on the comments to try to more clearly
explain the role of both gen_partprune_steps_internal and
gen_prune_steps_from_opexps. This is fairly complex code so some extra
effort to give any new readers an overview of how things work seems like
a good idea.
Author: Amit Langote
Reported-by: Andy Fan
Reviewed-by: Kyotaro Horiguchi, Andy Fan, Ryan Lambert, David Rowley
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKU4AWqWoVii+bRTeBQmeVW+PznkdO8DfbwqNsu9Gj4ubt9A6w@mail.gmail.com
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