Re: getpid() function

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>
To: Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>
Cc: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: getpid() function
Date: 2002-08-01 14:48:32
Message-ID: 1028213313.5936.45.camel@jester
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On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 10:44, Neil Conway wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 12:01:52PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> > Is there some common convention of names?

> functions. However, establishing a naming convention without
> breaking backwards compatibility might be tricky.

Supporting both names for a release with comments in the release notes
stating the old names will disappear soon should be enough.

Most of the time it'll be a simple replacement command. Providing a
find -exec sed statement may help.

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