Re: Patch: initdb: "'" for QUOTE_PATH (non-windows)

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >>>> + { /* pg_ctl command w path, properly quoted */
> >>>> + PQExpBuffer pg_ctl_path = createPQExpBuffer();
> >>>> + printfPQExpBuffer(pg_ctl_path, "%s%spg_ctl",
>
> >> I think it's worth reducing the scope of variables when that's as
> >> simple as putting them inside a block that you have to create anyway,
> >> but I'm skeptical about the idea that one would create a block just to
> >> reduce the scope of the variables. I don't think that's our usual
> >> practice, and I would expect the compiler to detect where the variable
> >> is referenced first and last anyway.
>
> > I enjoy adding the blocks for explicit variable scoping and for quick
> > navigation in vim (the % key navigates between matching {}'s). But I
> want
> > to fit in with the style conventions of the project.
>
> Another point here is that code like this will look quite a bit different
> after pgindent gets done with it --- that comment will not stay where
> you put it, for example. Some of our worst formatting messes come from
> code wherein somebody adhered to their own favorite layout style without
> any thought for how it would play with pgindent.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

Ahh, I didn't know about pgindent, but now I see it in /src/tools. I can
run that on my code before submitting.

I found these
<https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1221125165.5637.12.camel@abbas-laptop>
links <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/source-format.html>
about the style convention and will make sure my patch fits the conventions
before submitting it.