diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execJunk.c b/src/backend/executor/execJunk.c
index 51bd68bf9155509127f0b337df6d18e92103633f..1dfbbeee1b68af7f34daa2669984b90f62a507f6 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execJunk.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execJunk.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execJunk.c,v 1.11 1998/06/15 19:28:18 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/executor/execJunk.c,v 1.12 1998/07/20 19:53:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "access/heapam.h"
 #include "executor/executor.h"
 #include "nodes/relation.h"
-#include "optimizer/tlist.h"	/* for MakeTLE */
+#include "optimizer/tlist.h"	/* for makeTargetEntry */
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *		XXX this stuff should be rewritten to take advantage
@@ -111,9 +111,7 @@ ExecInitJunkFilter(List *targetList)
 				/*
 				 * create a new target list entry
 				 */
-				tle = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-				tle->resdom = cleanResdom;
-				tle->expr = expr;
+				tle = makeTargetEntry(cleanResdom, expr);
 				cleanTargetList = lappend(cleanTargetList, tle);
 			}
 		}
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ ExecInitJunkFilter(List *targetList)
 			cleanResdom = (Resdom) copyObject((Node) resdom);
 			set_resno(cleanResdom, cleanResno);
 			cleanResno++;
-			tle = (List) MakeTLE(cleanResdom, (Expr) expr);
+			tle = (List) makeTargetEntry(cleanResdom, (Node *) expr);
 			set_fj_innerNode(cleanFjoin, tle);
 
 			foreach(fjListP, lnext(fjList))
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ ExecInitJunkFilter(List *targetList)
 				/*
 				 * create a new target list entry
 				 */
-				tle = (List) MakeTLE(cleanResdom, (Expr) expr);
+				tle = (List) makeTargetEntry(cleanResdom, (Node *) expr);
 				cleanFjList = lappend(cleanFjList, tle);
 			}
 			lappend(cleanTargetList, cleanFjList);
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
index 574860a5452af58fdbfd51d9301d45f7fab74eef..ae38a1c827c0b747fb28785ee81857242211a6ac 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c,v 1.10 1998/07/12 21:29:16 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c,v 1.11 1998/07/20 19:53:45 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  Creator functions in POSTGRES 4.2 are generated automatically. Most of
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ makeVar(Index varno,
 	return var;
 }
 
+/*
+ * makeTargetEntry -
+ *	  creates a TargetEntry node(contains a Resdom)
+ */
+TargetEntry *
+makeTargetEntry(Resdom *resdom, Node *expr)
+{
+	TargetEntry *rt = makeNode(TargetEntry);
+
+	rt->resdom = resdom;
+	rt->expr = expr;
+	return rt;
+}
+
 /*
  * makeResdom -
  *	  creates a Resdom (Result Domain) node
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c
index 96b203498ff102dba936c65a39b177c1b9153936..4fdde87938af12dac20cced4a0ea4aba4ed81b0c 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c,v 1.23 1998/07/19 05:49:15 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c,v 1.24 1998/07/20 19:53:46 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ set_join_tlist_references(Join *join)
 											  outer_tlist,
 											  inner_tlist);
 
-		temp = MakeTLE(xtl->resdom, (Node *) joinvar);
+		temp = makeTargetEntry(xtl->resdom, (Node *) joinvar);
 		new_join_targetlist = lappend(new_join_targetlist, temp);
 	}
 
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ tlist_temp_references(Oid tempid,
 		else
 			oattno = 0;
 
-		temp = MakeTLE(xtl->resdom,
+		temp = makeTargetEntry(xtl->resdom,
 					   (Node *) makeVar(tempid,
 										xtl->resdom->resno,
 										xtl->resdom->restype,
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/preptlist.c b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/preptlist.c
index e8dc816de9e26be64d483baee77186255f5d257e..636df6111d4ab02fa3e59f1a88e60405c01ebf1c 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/preptlist.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/preptlist.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/preptlist.c,v 1.13 1998/07/20 19:21:44 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/preptlist.c,v 1.14 1998/07/20 19:53:47 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@ preprocess_targetlist(List *tlist,
 
 		var = makeVar(result_relation, -1, TIDOID, -1, 0, result_relation, -1);
 
-		ctid = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-		ctid->resdom = resdom;
-		ctid->expr = (Node *) var;
+		ctid = makeTargetEntry(resdom, (Node *) var);
 		t_list = lappend(t_list, ctid);
 	}
 
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ replace_matching_resname(List *new_tlist, List *old_tlist)
 			newresno = (Resdom *) copyObject((Node *) old_tle->resdom);
 			newresno->resno = length(t_list) + 1;
 			newresno->resjunk = 1;
-			new_tl = MakeTLE(newresno, old_tle->expr);
+			new_tl = makeTargetEntry(newresno, old_tle->expr);
 			t_list = lappend(t_list, new_tl);
 		}
 	}
@@ -296,7 +294,7 @@ new_relation_targetlist(Oid relid, Index rt_index, NodeTag node_type)
 									  false,	/* not a set */
 									  false);
 
-					temp3 = MakeTLE(makeResdom(attno,
+					temp3 = makeTargetEntry(makeResdom(attno,
 											   atttype,
 											   -1,
 											   attname,
@@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ new_relation_targetlist(Oid relid, Index rt_index, NodeTag node_type)
 								get_atttypmod(relid, attno),
 								0, rt_index, attno);
 
-					temp_list = MakeTLE(makeResdom(attno,
+					temp_list = makeTargetEntry(makeResdom(attno,
 												   atttype,
 												   get_atttypmod(relid, attno),
 												   attname,
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/internal.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/internal.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fdb094a3db9347037999f19e62b7978e187d0e03..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/internal.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * internal.c--
- *	  Definitions required throughout the query optimizer.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
- *
- *
- * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/Attic/internal.c,v 1.7 1998/02/26 04:33:17 momjian Exp $
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*
- *		---------- SHARED MACROS
- *
- *		Macros common to modules for creating, accessing, and modifying
- *		query tree and query plan components.
- *		Shared with the executor.
- *
- */
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#include "postgres.h"
-
-#include "optimizer/internal.h"
-
-#include "nodes/relation.h"
-#include "nodes/plannodes.h"
-#include "nodes/primnodes.h"
-#include "utils/palloc.h"
-
-#ifdef NOT_USED
-/*****************************************************************************
- *
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-/* the following should probably be moved elsewhere -ay */
-
-TargetEntry *
-MakeTLE(Resdom *resdom, Node *expr)
-{
-	TargetEntry *rt = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-
-	rt->resdom = resdom;
-	rt->expr = expr;
-	return rt;
-}
-
-Var *
-get_expr(TargetEntry *tle)
-{
-	Assert(tle != NULL);
-	Assert(tle->expr != NULL);
-
-	return ((Var *) tle->expr);
-}
-
-#endif							/* 0 */
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c
index 488bc4b5e14ac0ec01f9ff63342caeb90d183a1e..ed39fd43f20deb634436d15eb84ec9c756c2fdef 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c,v 1.14 1998/07/18 04:22:41 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c,v 1.15 1998/07/20 19:53:48 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -133,19 +133,15 @@ add_tl_element(RelOptInfo *rel, Var *var)
 TargetEntry *
 create_tl_element(Var *var, int resdomno)
 {
-	TargetEntry *tlelement = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-
-	tlelement->resdom =
-		makeResdom(resdomno,
-				   var->vartype,
-				   var->vartypmod,
-				   NULL,
-				   (Index) 0,
-				   (Oid) 0,
-				   0);
-	tlelement->expr = (Node *) var;
-
-	return (tlelement);
+
+	return	makeTargetEntry(makeResdom(resdomno,
+					   var->vartype,
+					   var->vartypmod,
+					   NULL,
+					   (Index) 0,
+					   (Oid) 0,
+					   0),
+				(Node *) var);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -351,7 +347,7 @@ copy_vars(List *target, List *source)
 	for (src = source, dest = target; src != NIL &&
 		 dest != NIL; src = lnext(src), dest = lnext(dest))
 	{
-		TargetEntry *temp = MakeTLE(((TargetEntry *) lfirst(dest))->resdom,
+		TargetEntry *temp = makeTargetEntry(((TargetEntry *) lfirst(dest))->resdom,
 									(Node *) get_expr(lfirst(src)));
 
 		result = lappend(result, temp);
@@ -404,7 +400,7 @@ flatten_tlist(List *tlist)
 						   (Oid) 0,
 						   0);
 			last_resdomno++;
-			new_tlist = lappend(new_tlist, MakeTLE(r, (Node *) var));
+			new_tlist = lappend(new_tlist, makeTargetEntry(r, (Node *) var));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -435,7 +431,7 @@ flatten_tlist_vars(List *full_tlist, List *flat_tlist)
 
 		result =
 			lappend(result,
-					MakeTLE(tle->resdom,
+					makeTargetEntry(tle->resdom,
 							flatten_tlistentry((Node *) get_expr(tle),
 											   flat_tlist)));
 	}
@@ -544,16 +540,6 @@ flatten_tlistentry(Node *tlistentry, List *flat_tlist)
 }
 
 
-TargetEntry *
-MakeTLE(Resdom *resdom, Node *expr)
-{
-	TargetEntry *rt = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-
-	rt->resdom = resdom;
-	rt->expr = expr;
-	return rt;
-}
-
 Var *
 get_expr(TargetEntry *tle)
 {
@@ -597,7 +583,7 @@ AddGroupAttrToTlist(List *tlist, List *grpCl)
 						   (Oid) 0,
 						   0);
 			last_resdomno++;
-			tlist = lappend(tlist, MakeTLE(r, (Node *) var));
+			tlist = lappend(tlist, makeTargetEntry(r, (Node *) var));
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
index 4865d2de6daae8093c653f13db052515dfa85961..fe1d54c3b0807059ad17352f5679be0484818afa 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/analyze.c,v 1.77 1998/07/19 05:49:17 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/analyze.c,v 1.78 1998/07/20 19:53:49 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -312,14 +312,12 @@ transformInsertStmt(ParseState *pstate, InsertStmt *stmt)
 			 * preptlist.c), but may break RULEs in some way. It seems
 			 * better to create proper target list here...
 			 */
-			te = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-			te->resdom = makeResdom(defval[ndef].adnum,
+			te = makeTargetEntry(makeResdom(defval[ndef].adnum,
 									att[defval[ndef].adnum - 1]->atttypid,
 									att[defval[ndef].adnum - 1]->atttypmod,
 									pstrdup(nameout(&(att[defval[ndef].adnum - 1]->attname))),
-									0, 0, 0);
-			te->fjoin = NULL;
-			te->expr = (Node *) stringToNode(defval[ndef].adbin);
+									0, 0, 0),
+						(Node *) stringToNode(defval[ndef].adbin);
 			qry->targetList = lappend(qry->targetList, te);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
index 3dd80a28d01893aaf308480247e81bd10b7e3976..35e686520eb034af5f324a1c7ae1d307866e038d 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.22 1998/07/20 11:17:11 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.23 1998/07/20 19:53:51 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1240,9 +1240,7 @@ setup_tlist(char *attname, Oid relid)
 						 0);
 	varnode = makeVar(-1, attno, typeid, type_mod, 0, -1, attno);
 
-	tle = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-	tle->resdom = resnode;
-	tle->expr = (Node *) varnode;
+	tle = makeTargetEntry(resnode, (Node *) varnode);
 	return (lcons(tle, NIL));
 }
 
@@ -1266,9 +1264,7 @@ setup_base_tlist(Oid typeid)
 						 (Oid) 0,
 						 0);
 	varnode = makeVar(-1, 1, typeid, -1, 0, -1, 1);
-	tle = makeNode(TargetEntry);
-	tle->resdom = resnode;
-	tle->expr = (Node *) varnode;
+	tle = makeTargetEntry(resnode, (Node *) varnode);
 
 	return (lcons(tle, NIL));
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index 4dda58a2c78a8f2f336fcc6003a896eb49581d0c..7de957935d13cbd3ee814e998b3ab9f637c06a72 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.18 1998/07/12 21:29:20 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.19 1998/07/20 19:53:52 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -692,7 +692,6 @@ printf("MakeTargetlistExpr: attrtypmod is %d\n", (int4) attrtypmod);
 		attrtypmod = type_mod;
 	}
 
-	tent = makeNode(TargetEntry);
 	resnode = makeResdom((AttrNumber) resdomno,
 						 (Oid) attrtype,
 						 attrtypmod,
@@ -701,8 +700,7 @@ printf("MakeTargetlistExpr: attrtypmod is %d\n", (int4) attrtypmod);
 						 (Oid) 0,
 						 0);
 
-	tent->resdom = resnode;
-	tent->expr = expr;
+	tent = makeTargetEntry(resnode, expr);
 
 	return tent;
 } /* MakeTargetlistExpr() */
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/tlist.h b/src/include/optimizer/tlist.h
index b6b1d2eb7ebcb37a6663fea5a00db0a478aac75a..924b53baf67129019dce984aee9994e10e350a7a 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/tlist.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/tlist.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: tlist.h,v 1.9 1998/07/18 04:22:52 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: tlist.h,v 1.10 1998/07/20 19:53:53 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern List *get_actual_tlist(List *tlist);
 extern Resdom *tlist_member(Var *var, List *tlist);
 extern Resdom *tlist_resdom(List *tlist, Resdom *resnode);
 
-extern TargetEntry *MakeTLE(Resdom *resdom, Node *expr);
+extern TargetEntry *makeTargetEntry(Resdom *resdom, Node *expr);
 extern Var *get_expr(TargetEntry *tle);
 
 extern TargetEntry *match_varid(Var *test_var, List *tlist);