Re: Postgres perl module namespace - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Postgres perl module namespace
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Msg-id da8a9278-3366-4871-4823-b929b3b5e91a@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Postgres perl module namespace  (Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>)
Responses Re: Postgres perl module namespace
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On 9/4/21 2:19 AM, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 03:34:24PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> On 8/25/21 10:08 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:48 AM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 03:39:15PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 3:03 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>>>>>> OK, I count 3 in favor of changing to PgTest::Cluster, 1 against,
>>>>>> remainder don't care.
>>>>> I'd have gone with something starting with Postgres:: ... but I don't care much.
>>>> PgTest seems like a better choice to me, as "Postgres" could be used
>>>> for other purposes than a testing framework, and the argument that
>>>> multiple paths makes things annoying for hackers is sensible.
>>> I mean, it's a hierarchical namespace. The idea is you do
>>> Postgres::Test or Postgres::<whatever> and other people using the
>>> Postgres database can use other parts of it. But again, not really
>>> worth arguing about.
>> I think I have come around to this POV. Here's a patch. The worst of it
>> is changes like this:
>>
>> -   my $node2 = PostgresNode->new('replica');
>> +   my $node2 = Postgres::Test::Cluster->new('replica');
>> ...
>> -   TestLib::system_or_bail($tar, 'xf', $tblspc_tars[0], '-C', $repTsDir);
>> +   Postgres::Test::Utils::system_or_bail($tar, 'xf', $tblspc_tars[0], '-C', $repTsDir);
> plperl uses PostgreSQL:: as the first component of its Perl module namespace.
> We shouldn't use both PostgreSQL:: and Postgres:: in the same source tree, so
> this change should not use Postgres::.


Good point. Here's the same thing using PostgreSQL::Test


cheers


andrew

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