Re: argtype_inherit() is dead code - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: argtype_inherit() is dead code
Date
Msg-id 42630FB0.2040209@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: argtype_inherit() is dead code  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>)
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>>From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never asked about
>>inheritance. Most of the people don't even know it is there.
>>The requests I get are:
> 
> Just wondering, does anybody asks you about the excessive locking (and
> deadlocking) on foreign keys?  The business about being able to drop
> users and then find out they were still owners of something?  I guess I
> worry about things too low-level that nobody really cares too much about.

I get regularly bitten by the former, and have been bitten by the latter 
:)  Don't worry, I think your work is invaluable!

They are subtle problems for people to notice, so they're not as prevalent.

Chris


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