Re: plenty code is confused about function level static - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: plenty code is confused about function level static
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Msg-id ZiGqsgW1rbqfyu6U@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: plenty code is confused about function level static  (Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>)
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 07:56:35PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 18.04.24 19:11, Andres Freund wrote:
>> Thoughts about when to apply these? Arguably they're fixing mildly broken
>> code, making it appropriate to fix in 17, but it's also something that we
>> could end up fixing for a while...
>
> Yeah, let's keep these for later.  They are not regressions, and there is no
> end in sight yet.  I have some other related stuff queued up, so if we're
> going to start adjusting these kinds of things now, it would open a can of
> worms.

This is a set of optimizations for stuff that has accumulated across
the years in various code paths, so I'd vote on the side of caution
and wait until v18 opens for business.
--
Michael

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