Re: Better error message when --single is not the first arg to postgres executable

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Better error message when --single is not the first arg to postgres executable
Date: 2024-12-03 19:57:15
Message-ID: Z09im9wfg83aHKuL@nathan
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Thanks to Álvaro and Tom for reviewing.

On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 01:01:29PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> +/* special must-be-first options for dispatching to various subprograms */
> +typedef enum Subprogram
> +{
> + SUBPROGRAM_CHECK,
> + ... etc
>
> "Subprogram" doesn't quite seem like the right name for this enum.
> These are not subprograms, they are options. I'm not feeling
> especially inventive today, so this might be a lousy suggestion,
> but how about
>
> typedef enum DispatchOption
> {
> DISPATCH_CHECK,
> ... etc

WFM. An alternative might be SubprogramOption, but I don't have any strong
opinions on the matter. I've switched it to DispatchOption in the attached
patch.

--
nathan

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