Re: vacuumdb changes for stats import/export

On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 05:58:43PM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 04:36:04PM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
>> > I had to read it several times before I noticed the difference between
>> > "* found_objs" and "*found_objs". Maybe some extra spacing and breaks
>> > would help, or other reorganization.
>>
>> Yeah, it's pretty atrocious. I think the main problem is that the
>> interface is just too complicated, so I'll take a step back and see if I
>> can make it more understandable to humans.
>
> The interface is awkward, but on the other hand only a small part has
> to really know about it. It's worth trying to make it more readable if
> you can.

True. One small thing we could do is to require "found_objs" (the double
pointer) to always be non-NULL, but that just compels some callers to
provide otherwise-unused variables. I've left the interface alone for now.

>> In the meantime, here's an attempt at adjusting the comment:
>
> That's better, and if we end up with this interface, we'll want quotes
> around the names so the eye can tell where the "*" belong.

I did that in v3. I also tried to break up this comment into bullet points
for better separation and logical flow.

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nathan