Re: dynamic shared memory and locks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: dynamic shared memory and locks
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Msg-id 20140122174235.GD30218@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: dynamic shared memory and locks  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: dynamic shared memory and locks  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 2014-01-22 12:40:34 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> >> Shouldn't we introduce a typedef LWLock* LWLockid; or something to avoid
> >> breaking external code using lwlocks?
> >
> > +1, in fact there's probably no reason to touch most *internal* code using
> > that type name either.
> 
> I thought about this but figured it was too much of a misnomer to
> refer to a pointer as an ID.  But, if we're sure we want to go that
> route, I can go revise the patch along those lines.

I personally don't care either way for internal code as long as external
code continues to work. There's the argument of making the commit better
readable by having less noise and less divergence in the branches and
there's your argument of that being less clear.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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