Re: [PATCHES] setseed() doc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: [PATCHES] setseed() doc
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Msg-id 1158765015.5151.1.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] setseed() doc  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] setseed() doc  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 15:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> AFAICT it's just junk.  It happens to be the input times
> MAX_RANDOM_VALUE, but what use is that?  I wonder if we shouldn't
> change the function to return VOID

I agree. Given how soon we want to get an 8.2 beta out the door, perhaps
this change would be best postponed to 8.3 (unless there's another
outstanding 8.2 patch that requires initdb?).

-Neil



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