Re: GUC patch for Win32

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GUC patch for Win32
Date: 2003-05-04 03:08:09
Message-ID: 200305040308.h44389l21855@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > What about all the other global variables? Will there be a separate
> > > mechanism for each kind?
> >
> > Good question. I am not sure yet. I figured I would hit the GUC ones
> > first because they are easy and all in one place, then see what others
> > exist in the Peer Direct patch.
>
> Well, the question of what to do with all the global variables seems to be
> a central point in the port, given that no fork() function exists. So
> I think that should be solved before piecewise solutions for some
> variables are installed that will become obsolete later on.

Well, I am pretty far along and haven't seen tons of problems with
globals yet --- most of the globals don't pass from postmaster to
backend, I guess.

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