On 2014-06-13 14:37:33 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> As part of the WAL-format changing patch I've been working on, I changed the
> signature of the rm_desc function from:
>
> void (*rm_desc) (StringInfo buf, uint8 xl_info, char *rec);
> void (*rm_desc) (StringInfo buf, XLogRecord *record);
>
> The WAL-format patch needed that because it added more functions/macros for
> working with XLogRecords, also used by rm_desc routines, but it seems like a
> sensible change anyway. IMHO it was always a bit strange that rm_desc was
> passed the info field and record payload separately.
+1. I've found this annoying in the past.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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