Re: [HACKERS] For review: Server instrumentation patch - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: [HACKERS] For review: Server instrumentation patch
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Msg-id 42FF7B46.8080507@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] For review: Server instrumentation patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de> writes:
>
>>Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>>I removed the separate pg_file_length() function, as it doesn't have any
>>>significant notational advantage anymore; you can do
>
>
>>Please note that there are pg_file_length functions in use for 8.0 on
>>probably >95 % of win32 installations, so you're breaking backwards
>>compatibility.
>
>
> What backwards compatibility?  Bruce already renamed several of these
> functions.

You're right. These arbitrary renames brake nearly all of the existing
code. Great.

Regards,
Andreas

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