> On Jun 18, 2024, at 20:42, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM Li, Yong <yoli@ebay.com> wrote:
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>> As a newcomer, when I was walking through the code looking for WAL replay related code, it was relatively easy for
meto find them for the B-Tree access method because of the “xlog” hint in the file names. It took me a while to find
thesame for the heap access method. When I finally found them (via text search), it was a small surprise. Having
differentfile organizations for different access methods gives me this urge to make everything consistent. I think it
willmake it easier for newcomers, and it will reduce the mental load for everyone to remember that heap replay is
insidethe heapam.c not some “???xlog.c”.
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> That makes sense. The branch for PG18 has not been cut yet, so I
> recommend registering this patch for the July commitfest [1] so it
> doesn't get lost.
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> - Melanie
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Thanks for the positive feedback. I’ve added the patch to the July CF.
Yong