On Sat, Jan 17, 2026, at 7:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
> I'm not opposed to this idea, but I think it should be implemented not
> by sorting and then moving the first element to the top of the list, but
> instead by modifying the cmp function so that the desired order is
> achieved directly. So the cmp() should return -1 if element a has no
> colon, or 1 if element b has no colon, otherwise return per strcmp.
> That way you can remove the foreach() block above, which is icky.
>
Good idea. The v9 contains this implementation. I also use the StringInfo as
you suggested in the other email. The 0003 removed the wrong B_BACKEND
assignment pointed in a previous email. This new patchset contains some changes
suggested by Japin Li [1] (I didn't change the error message because it adds an
extra message to translate). There was a minor issue with a null-terminated
string that I fixed too.
PS> I didn't change the background worker case that I mentioned in [2].
[1] https://postgr.es/m/MEAPR01MB3031FA1986F3FC91481E28CCB68DA@MEAPR01MB3031.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com
[2] https://postgr.es/m/f20103f2-d960-4206-9969-c4a936524ab1@app.fastmail.com
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