Re: [HACKERS] Time to fix libpgtcl for async NOTIFY

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us (Tom Lane)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Time to fix libpgtcl for async NOTIFY
Date: 1998-05-22 04:36:32
Message-ID: 199805220436.AAA19514@candle.pha.pa.us
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> There's some risk of breaking existing applications, since the apps
> might not be prepared for pg_listen callbacks occurring except at the
> specific time they execute pg_notifies. But that doesn't seem really
> likely to be a problem. Besides, since both these commands are
> undocumented, I imagine not very many libpgtcl applications use them.
> (A quick search of the archives turned up only a message from Massimo
> Dal Zotto about this topic, and he seemed to agree that getting rid of
> pg_notifies would be better.)
>
> Any comments?

Yep, get rid of the old stuff. I am sure people didn't use it because
of the performance problem. Your cleanup will make it use-able.

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