Re: [HACKERS] setseed() doc - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] setseed() doc
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Msg-id 3830.1158767259@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: setseed() doc  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] setseed() doc  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 15:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICT it's just junk.  It happens to be the input times
>> MAX_RANDOM_VALUE, but what use is that?  I wonder if we shouldn't
>> change the function to return VOID

> I agree. Given how soon we want to get an 8.2 beta out the door, perhaps
> this change would be best postponed to 8.3 (unless there's another
> outstanding 8.2 patch that requires initdb?).

Nothing outstanding at the moment.

Although this is surely a small change, it's also pretty low-priority,
so I'd counsel leaving it for 8.3 rather than trying to cram it in now.
We have more important things to be worrying about ...

            regards, tom lane

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