Re: Missing CFI in hlCover()? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Missing CFI in hlCover()?
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Msg-id 20200730142233.GV12375@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Missing CFI in hlCover()?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Missing CFI in hlCover()?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Greetings,

* Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> We could hard-code a rule like that, or we could introduce a new
> explicit parameter for the maximum cover length.  The latter would be
> more flexible, but we need something back-patchable and I'm concerned
> about the compatibility hazards of adding a new parameter in minor
> releases.  So on the whole I propose hard-wiring a multiplier of,
> say, 10 for both these cases.

That sounds alright to me, though I do think we should probably still
toss a CFI (or two) in this path somewhere as we don't know how long
some of these functions might take...

Thanks,

Stephen

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