Allow pg_dumpall to use dumpmem.c functions, simplify exit code

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Allow pg_dumpall to use dumpmem.c functions, simplify exit code
Date: 2011-11-29 02:38:51
Message-ID: 201111290238.pAT2cp010547@momjian.us
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I was wondering if it wouldn't make more sense to have pg_dumpall supply
> > its own version of exit_horribly to avoid separate pg_malloc and
> > pg_strdup ... but then those routines are so tiny that it hardly makes a
> > difference.
> >
> > Another thing I wondered when seeing the original commit is the fact
> > that the old code passed the AH to exit_horribly in some places, whereas
> > the new one simply uses NULL.
...
>
> I am thinking we should just get rid of the whole AH passing.
>
> I have always felt the pg_dump code is overly complex, and this is
> confirming my suspicion.

I have developed the attached patch which accomplishes this. I was also
able to move the write_msg function into dumputils.c (which is linked to
pg_dumpall), which allows pg_dumpall to use the new dumpmem.c functions,
and I removed its private ones.

FYI, I found write_msg() was a useless valist trampoline so I removed
the trampoline code and renamed _write_msg() to write_msg(). I also
modified the MSVC code.

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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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