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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [PATCHES] setseed() doc
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Msg-id 200701202148.l0KLmJq15303@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] setseed() doc  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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FYI, Neil has corrected this in CVS HEAD.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> > 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?).
>
> Nothing outstanding at the moment.
>
> Although this is surely a small change, it's also pretty low-priority,
> so I'd counsel leaving it for 8.3 rather than trying to cram it in now.
> We have more important things to be worrying about ...
>
>             regards, tom lane
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