> On 21 Sep 2020, at 20:55, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Oh wait, I forgot about the fmgrprotos.h discrepancy.
>
> I wrote:
>> It strikes me that a low-cost workaround would be to rename these
>> C functions. There's no law that their C names must match the
>> SQL names.
>
> Here's a proposed patch to fix it that way.
+1 on this patch. Do you think it's worth adding a note about this in the
documentation to save the next one staring at this a few minutes? Something
along the lines of:
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/README
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/README
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ Sometimes, if pgindent or perltidy produces odd-looking output, it's because
of minor bugs like extra commas. Don't hesitate to clean that up while
you're at it.
+If an exported function shares a name with a typedef, the header file with the
+prototype can get incorrect spacing for the function.
+
cheers ./daniel
