Re: add modulo (%) operator to pgbench - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: add modulo (%) operator to pgbench
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Msg-id 548C6761.1040606@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: add modulo (%) operator to pgbench  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>)
Responses Re: add modulo (%) operator to pgbench  (Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>)
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On 11/24/2014 07:26 AM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 09/25/2014 05:10 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> 
>> wrote:
>>> Sigh.
>>>
>>> How to transform a trivial 10 lines patch into a probably 500+ lines 
>>> project
>>> involving flex & bison & some non trivial data structures, and which 
>>> may get
>>> rejected on any ground...
>>>
>>> Maybe I'll set that as a student project.
>>
>> I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.  I implemented
>> this today in about three hours.  The patch is attached.  It needs
>> more testing, documentation, and possibly some makefile adjustments,
>> but it seems to basically work.
>
> Looks good to me. The new modulo operator needs documentation, and it 
> could use a pgindent run, but other than that I think this is ready 
> for commit.
>
> It would be nice to go even further, and replace process_file, 
> process_builtin, and process_commands altogether with a Bison parser. 
> But this is definitely a step in the right direction.
>


As it doesn't have documentation, I'm inclined to say we should mark 
this as Waiting on Author or Returned with Feedback.

cheers

andrew



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