Re: function and variable names

Brian Bruns <camber(at)ais(dot)org> writes:
> I see a lot of the code has K&R style names such as foo_bar_baz() and some
> has FooBarBaz() style. Is one a newer style and one an older? or is it
> just a function of different developers working on the code?

The latter; we have never tried to enforce any particular naming style.
I'd counsel trying to match the style of the existing code near where
you are working.

> Also, while I'm in there (and after reading the threads thread), I'll be
> moving some of the globals/statics to either the Port structure or
> protocol specific structures. Anyone have any other special requests?

Don't overdo it. There will never be more than one postmaster thread,
even if we have threads at all; ergo no good reason to avoid static
storage of things that are only used by the postmaster.

The Port structure is actually a leftover from back when the postmaster
did its own poor-man's-multithreading to handle concurrent client
authentication operations. I am not sure we really need/want it at all
anymore. I'd suggest thinking in terms of making the code simpler and
more readable, rather than worrying about whether it can be
multithreaded.

regards, tom lane