Re: pg_dump.c - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
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In response to pg_dump.c  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> In the "refactoring Large C files" discussion one of the biggest files Bruce
> mentioned is pg_dump.c. There has been discussion in the past of turning
> lots of the knowledge currently embedded in this file into a library, which
> would make it available to other clients (e.g. psql). I'm not sure what a
> reasonable API for that would look like, though. Does anyone have any ideas?

A good start might be to merge together more of pg_dump and pg_dumpall
than is presently the case.

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Robert Haas
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