Re: thread safety

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mendola Gaetano <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: thread safety
Date: 2003-09-02 03:00:18
Message-ID: 200309020300.h8230I712640@candle.pha.pa.us
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Mendola Gaetano wrote:
> I seen on this list a lot of energy ( also little flames involving SCO
> & Co. ) spent on thread safety;
> was really necessary spent so much energy in this direction?
> I was at Fosdem in Bruxelles ( I spoke there about the use
> of postgres in my project ) and I seen al people there
> was really exicited about the anticipation of Bruce Momjian
> about the PITR in 7.4 but how we know there was no time for it
>
> May be I'm wrong but I'd like know why thread safety was so
> necessary.

Also, it isn't that thread-safety is so important, it is that it has to
be added cleanly to the code so it doesn't adversely affect the rest of
the code.

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