On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I think you're dismissing the idea too cavalierly.  If A generates B,
>> A is inevitably changed frequently, but the changes to A affect B only
>> rarely, this is a good trick.
>
> The only output file that is unlikely to change is schemapg.h, which is
> depended on by exactly one .c file.  It's a waste of time to try to
> optimize this at all ...

OK, fair enough.

...Robert

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