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From Masahiko Sawada
Subject Re: pgsql: Refactor COPY FROM to use format callback functions.
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Msg-id CAD21AoCKs-AoEqhX_oFcxdTgFaE85xBT1aUaT81RSWEiFsAH8w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: pgsql: Refactor COPY FROM to use format callback functions.  (Sutou Kouhei <kou@clear-code.com>)
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM Sutou Kouhei <kou@clear-code.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for following up the patch!
>
> In <CAD21AoBA414Q76LthY65NJfWbjOxXn1bdFFsD_NBhT2wPUS1SQ@mail.gmail.com>
>   "Re: pgsql: Refactor COPY FROM to use format callback functions." on Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:56:19 -0800,
>   Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Right. I've attached the updated patch.
>
> In general, this approach will work but could you keep
> the same signature for backward compatibility?
>
> > --- a/src/backend/commands/copyfromparse.c
> > +++ b/src/backend/commands/copyfromparse.c
>
> > +bool
> > +NextCopyFromRawFields(CopyFromState cstate, char ***fields, int *nfields, bool is_csv)
> > +{
> > +     return NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal(cstate, fields, nfields, is_csv);
> > +}
>
> NextCopyFromRawFields() uses
> NextCopyFromRawFields(CopyFromState cstate, char ***fields,
> int *nfields) (no "bool is_csv") before we remove it. So
> could you use the no "bool is_csv" signature for backward
> compatibility?
>
> bool
> NextCopyFromRawFields(CopyFromState cstate, char ***fields, int *nfields)
> {
>         return NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal(cstate, fields, nfields, cstate->opts.csv_mode);
> }

I like this idea.

>
>
> > @@ -738,6 +742,15 @@ CopyReadBinaryData(CopyFromState cstate, char *dest, int nbytes)
> >  /*
> >   * Read raw fields in the next line for COPY FROM in text or csv mode.
> >   * Return false if no more lines.
> > + */
> > +bool
> > +NextCopyFromRawFields(CopyFromState cstate, char ***fields, int *nfields, bool is_csv)
> > +{
> > +     return NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal(cstate, fields, nfields, is_csv);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Workhorse for NextCopyFromRawFields().
>
> It may be better that we don't split docs for
> NextCopyFromRawFields() and
> NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal(). How about referring the
> NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal() doc from the
> NextCopyFromRawFields() doc something like the following?
>
> /*
>  * See NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal() for details.
>  */
> bool
> NextCopyFromRawFields(...)
> {
>         ...
> }
>
> /*
>  * Workhorse for NextCopyFromRawFields().
>  *
>  * Read raw fields ...
>  *
>  * ...
>  */
> static pg_attribute_always_inline bool
> NextCopyFromRawFieldsInternal()
> {
>         ...
> }
>

Agreed.

I've updated the patch. I'm going to push it, barring any objections
and further comments.

Regards,

--
Masahiko Sawada
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