Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix hard-coded relkind constants in pg_dump.c. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix hard-coded relkind constants in pg_dump.c.
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Msg-id CAB7nPqSOHzkEHNbksiSQNSnVNkj4yPAh6RvnOtAsvJLOUp_AMg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix hard-coded relkind constants in pg_dump.c.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Existing style is mostly to inject relkind values into constructed
>>> query strings using %c.  I did not bother to touch places that did it
>>> like that, but really a better technique is to stringify the RELKIND
>>> macro, at least in places where you'd want single quotes around the
>>> code character.  That avoids any runtime effort and keeps the RELKIND
>>> symbol close to where it's used.
>
>> I have been wondering about the lack of readability with those
>> hardcoded relkinds in the code for some time but... Wouldn't it be
>> better to change as well psql's describe.c and tab_complete.c, as well
>> as pg_upgrade and initdb code?
>
> Yup, working on it.
>
> There's a fair number of other fields that could stand the same treatment,
> but for now I'm just going to touch references to relkind.

Yes, I just noticed postgres_fdw as well...
-- 
Michael



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