Re: replace GrantObjectType with ObjectType

Peter,

* Peter Eisentraut (peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote:
> It seems to me that having ACL_OBJECT_* symbols alongside OBJECT_*
> symbols is not useful and leads to duplication. Digging around in the
> past suggests that we used to have a lot of these command-specific
> symbols but got rid of them over time, except that the ACL stuff was
> never touched. The attached patch accomplishes that.

I'm generally supportive of this, but I'm not entirely thrilled with how
this ends up conflating TABLEs and RELATIONs. From the GRANT
perspective, there's no distinction, and that was clear from the
language used and how things were handled, but the OBJECT enum has that
distinction. This change just makes VIEWs be OBJECT_TABLE even though
they actually aren't tables and there even is an OBJECT_VIEW value.
This commit may be able to grok that and manage it properly, but later
hackers might miss that.

I would also suggest that the naming be consistent with the other bits
of the GRANT system (eg: ACL_ALL_RIGHTS_NAMESPACE would be changed to
ACL_ALL_RIGHTS_SCHEMA, to match OBJECT_SCHEMA).

I also echo the concern raised by Alvaro.

Thanks!

Stephen