Re: flags argument for dsm_create

Hi,

On 2015-03-19 11:21:45 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> One question I struggled with is whether to keep the existing
> dsm_create() signature intact and add a new function
> dsm_create_extended(). I eventually decided against it. The
> dsm_create() API is relatively new at this point, so there probably
> aren't too many people who will be inconvenienced by an API break now.
> If we go ahead and create dsm_create_extended() now, and then need
> to make another API change down the line, I doubt there will be much
> support for dsm_create_extended2() or whatever. So my gut is that
> it's better to just change this outright, and keep
> dsm_create_extended() as an idea for the future. But I could go the
> other way on that if people feel strongly about it.

+1 for a clear API break.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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