Re: Ability to reference other extensions by schema in extension scripts

On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 03:40:24PM -0500, Regina Obe wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 06, 2023 at 05:19:39AM -0500, Regina Obe wrote:
> >
> > I was thinking: how about using the "refobjsubid" to encode the "level" of
> > dependency on an extension ? Right now "refobjsubid" is always 0 when the
> > referenced object is an extension.
> > Could we consider subid=1 to mean the dependency is not only on the
> > extension but ALSO on it's schema location ?
>
> I like that idea. It's only been ever used for tables I think, but I don't
> see why it wouldn't apply in this case as the concept is kinda the same.
> Only concern if other parts rely on this being 0.

This has to be verified, yes. But it feels to me like "must be 0" was
mostly to _allow_ for future extensions like the proposed one.

> The other question, should this just update the existing DEPENDENCY_NORMAL
> extension or add a new DEPENDENCY_NORMAL between the extensions with
> subid=1?

I'd use the existing record.

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