Re: Out arguments name of "pg_identify_object_as_address" function in 9.5.14 and 11beta3

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jean-Pierre Pelletier <jean(dot)pierre(dot)pelletier0(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Out arguments name of "pg_identify_object_as_address" function in 9.5.14 and 11beta3
Date: 2018-09-05 15:57:11
Message-ID: 20180905155711.ddnezdeqcraew5h6@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2018-Sep-05, Tom Lane wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:

> > That said, I haven't heard of anyone using these functions in code yet,
> > so if we change it in 11 or 12 nobody is going to complain.
>
> ... and that's pretty much my feeling. It seems really unlikely that
> anyone's using named-argument notation for pg_get_object_address, and
> even if they are, it wouldn't be very painful to change, or just not
> use the notation if they need cross-branch compatibility. I think it's
> more useful in the long run to make the names consistent.
>
> Will go take care of it.

Agreed, thanks. If you haven't touched the docs yet, here's the change
-- 9.5/9.6/10 need a slight adjustment from 11/master.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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