Re: daitch_mokotoff module

On 12/13/21 16:05, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 12/13/21 09:26, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> On 12/13/21 14:38, Dag Lem wrote:
>>> Please find attached an updated patch, with the following fixes:
>>>
>>> * Replaced remaining malloc/free with palloc/pfree.
>>> * Made "make check" pass.
>>> * Updated notes on other implementations.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, looks interesting. A couple generic comments, based on a quick
>> code review.
>>
>> 1) Can the extension be marked as trusted, just like fuzzystrmatch?
>>
>> 2) The docs really need an explanation of what the extension is for,
>> not just a link to fuzzystrmatch. Also, a couple examples would be
>> helpful, I guess - similarly to fuzzystrmatch. The last line in the
>> docs is annoyingly long.
>
>
> It's not clear to me why we need a new module for this. Wouldn't it be
> better just to add the new function to fuzzystrmatch?
>

Yeah, that's a valid point. I think we're quite conservative about
adding more contrib modules, and adding a function to an existing one
works around a lot of that.

regards

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