| From: | Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Extensions and custom_variable_classes (was: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes)) |
| Date: | 2010-12-19 16:19:15 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTimgNo1XPUmedXs9VGUdSqGGHTsy0vcPxa74O6j=@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 23:45, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I think I'd still argue for putting
> it in a separate patch. I think that the value of extensions is first
> and foremost that they can simplify installing, removing, dumping, and
> restoring extensions. I'd rather see us nail that, and then worry
> about custom_variable_classes as a separate issue, likely for 9.2 or
> beyond.
+1 to split the custom_variable_classes issue. It's a longstanding
TODO item, but EXTENSION is still very useful without the fix.
It's my guess that ExtensionSetCVC() can initialize modules one-by-one
and be called on demand, for example, at SHOW, searching pg_settings,
or assignment to variables with unknown classes.
--
Itagaki Takahiro
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