Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct
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Msg-id 21245.1272392178@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I haven't read this in any detail, but why does it add inclusion of
>> pg_control.h to xlog.h?  I don't see any reason for that in the actual
>> changes in xlog.h.

> I put the enum for wal_mode to pg_control.h, so that it's available to
> pg_controlinfo.c without #including xlog.h there. The
> XLogArchivingActive() macro in xlog.h needs the enum values:

Oh, I see.

> I'm all ears for better suggestions, I didn't like that much either.

How about putting the enum {} declaration in xlog.h, and making the
field in pg_control.h just be declared "int"?  I'm not sure declaring
it as enum is a great idea anyway, since that makes the on-disk
representation dependent on a compiler's whim as to how wide the
enum will be.
        regards, tom lane


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