Re: Proposed patch: remove hard-coded limit MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: cedric(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposed patch: remove hard-coded limit MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS
Date: 2013-06-08 19:13:51
Message-ID: 26673.1370718831@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?iso-8859-15?q?C=E9dric_Villemain?= <cedric(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> I just wonder about this statement that you removed:
> * Since we don't want to encourage heavy use of those functions,
> * it seems OK to put a pretty small maximum limit on the number of
> * simultaneously allocated descs.

> Is it now encouraged to use those functions, or at least that it seems less
> 'scary' than in the past ?

Well, we could put back some weaker form of the statement, but I wasn't
sure how to word it.

regards, tom lane

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