Update comment about ExprState.escontext

amitlan · pull[bot] · commit a2e9ad2bafdc · 2024-10-01T12:04:12.000Z
The updated comment provides more helpful guidance by mentioning that escontext should be set when soft error handling is needed. Reported-by: Jian He <jian.universality@gmail.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACJufxEo4sUjKCYtda0_qt9tazqqKPmF1cqhW9KBOUeJFqQd2g@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 17
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/execnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/execnodes.h
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ typedef struct ExprState
 	bool	   *innermost_domainnull;
 
 	/*
-	 * For expression nodes that support soft errors.  Should be set to NULL
-	 * before calling ExecInitExprRec() if the caller wants errors thrown.
+	 * For expression nodes that support soft errors. Should be set to NULL if
+	 * the caller wants errors to be thrown. Callers that do not want errors
+	 * thrown should set it to a valid ErrorSaveContext before calling
+	 * ExecInitExprRec().
 	 */
 	ErrorSaveContext *escontext;
 } ExprState;
