Re: Question -- why is there no errhint_internal function?

Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I noticed today that there is no 'errhint_internal' function partner
> for the 'errhint' function.

> Now, it might seem that hints are always intended for user output so
> of course, you'll always want them translated...

Yeah, I think that was the reasoning. If it needs a hint it must be
a user-facing error.

> but there are some
> calls to this function (like below) where the actual hint message is
> already built and translated before %s parameter substitution, so
> AFAICT translation aka gettext lookup of just a "%s" format string
> doesn't really achieve anything.

There are lots of places where we don't worry about that overhead.
I'm not excited about trying to get rid of it everywhere --- surely
these paths are not very performance-critical?

regards, tom lane