Phil Sorber wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > Phil Sorber wrote:
> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > Uh, no existing code can use this new functionality? That seems
> >> > disappointing.
> >>
> >> I wrote this because I wanted to use it in pg_isready. I also wrote
> >> something for pg_isready to get around not having this. I think adding
> >> these two functions to libpq would be the better option, but wanted
> >> something that could fix an existing issue without having to patch
> >> libpq so late in the 9.3 development process. Actually, I think it was
> >> you who suggested that approach.
> >
> > Yes, I realize that (and yes, I did). But is no code other than
> > pg_isready doing this? Not even the libpq URI test program?
>
> I think it probably would be able to benefit from this. Are you
> suggesting I patch that too? I thought it was usually frowned upon to
> touch random bits of working code like that. I'd be more than happy to
> do it if it helps build the case for getting this added.
Well, this qualifies as refactoring, so yeah, it helps the case.
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