Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > On 2013-01-18 10:33:16 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Really I'd prefer not to move the backend definitions out of postgres.h
> >> at all, just because doing so will lose fifteen years of git history
> >> about those particular lines (or at least make it a lot harder to
> >> locate with git blame).
>
> > The alternative seems to be sprinkling a few more #ifdef FRONTEND's in
> > postgres.h, if thats preferred I can prepare a patch for that although I
> > prefer my proposal.
>
> Yeah, surrounding the existing definitions with #ifndef FRONTEND was
> what I was imagining. But on reflection that seems pretty darn ugly,
> especially if the corresponding FRONTEND definitions are far away.
> Maybe we should just live with the git history disconnect.
>
> Right at the moment the c.h location seems like the best bet.
Since there seems to be consensus that this is the best way to go, I
have committed it.
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