Re: Proposed patch: remove hard-coded limit MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Proposed patch: remove hard-coded limit MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS
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Msg-id 26673.1370718831@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Proposed patch: remove hard-coded limit MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS  (Cédric Villemain <cedric@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Cédric Villemain <cedric@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I just wonder about this statement that you removed: 
>   * Since we don't want to encourage heavy use of those functions,
>   * it seems OK to put a pretty small maximum limit on the number of
>   * simultaneously allocated descs.

> Is it now encouraged to use those functions, or at least that it seems less 
> 'scary' than in the past ?

Well, we could put back some weaker form of the statement, but I wasn't
sure how to word it.
        regards, tom lane



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