Re: pg_dump: Simplify internal archive version handling - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pg_dump: Simplify internal archive version handling
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Msg-id e9a16c32-2908-5db9-7ccf-269b1e51400f@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: pg_dump: Simplify internal archive version handling  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 10/13/16 9:13 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> I propose the attached patch to clean up some redundancy and confusion
>> in pg_dump.
> 
> Looks sane, though I'd suggest coding the access macros with shifts
> not multiplies/divides.

Done.

> Since these numbers are purely internal and not stored in this form in the
> file, I wonder whether we shouldn't drop the rightmost zero byte, ie make
> it just <maj><min><rev> not <maj><min><rev>00.  That would save at least
> one divide/shift when accessing.

Done and committed.  Thanks.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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