Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Unify some tar functionality across different parts

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-committers <pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Unify some tar functionality across different parts
Date: 2013-01-02 16:44:32
Message-ID: 20486.1357145072@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Why are these very tar-specific functions being declared in such a
>> globally visible spot as port.h? That seems like a bad idea on its
>> face. IMO stuff in port.h ought to be about as globally applicable
>> as, say, malloc().

> It's where we put most of the things from src/port in.

Might be time to revisit that, or perhaps better reconsider what we're
putting in src/port/. The idea that anything that we want in both
frontend and backend is a porting issue seems a bit busted in itself.

> I take it you suggest moving it to a special say include/pgtar.h file?

Works for me.

regards, tom lane

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