Re: pgsql: Remove BufFile's isTemp flag. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql: Remove BufFile's isTemp flag.
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Msg-id 12525.1510942166@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Remove BufFile's isTemp flag.  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2017-11-17 11:23:54 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Or maybe we should revert 11e264517.  It doesn't seem to be buying
>> much to make up for the loss of flexibility.

> There's a bunch of work adding new functionality to buffile.c
> pending. And having code paths that have been dead for 10+ years around
> and maintaining them in working order doesn't seem like a good use of
> time.

OK, if there's active work going on in the area, that's a good reason
to simplify.  But let's get rid of all vestiges of the old non-temp
semantics.
        regards, tom lane


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