Re: [PATCH] Do not use StdRdOptions in Access Methods

Hi Alvaro,

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:02 AM Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 2019-Oct-23, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 11:16:25AM +0900, Amit Langote wrote:
> > > IMO, parts of the patch that only refactors the existing code should
> > > be first in the list as it is easier to review, especially if it adds
> > > no new concepts. In this case, your patch to break StdRdOptions into
> > > more manageable chunks would be easier to understand if it built upon
> > > a simplified framework of parsing reloptions text arrays.
> >
> > Thanks for doing a split. This helps in proving the point that this
> > portion has independent value.
>
> Not a split, yes? AFAICS this code is nowhere in Nikolay's proposed
> patchset -- it seems completely new development by Amit. Am I wrong?

IIUC, Nikolay intended to write such a patch but only after getting
some consensus on breaking up StdRdOptions. I didn't look closely but
an idea similar to the patch I posted (really as a PoC) might have
been discussed couple of years ago, as Nikolay mentioned upthread:

https://commitfest.postgresql.org/15/992/

Thanks,
Amit