Re: [GENERAL] Notify argument?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org (Neil Conway)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Notify argument?
Date: 2002-03-21 05:16:52
Message-ID: 10388.1016687812@sss.pgh.pa.us
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nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org (Neil Conway) writes:
>> If we're going to change the structure anyway, let's fix it to be
>> independent of NAMEDATALEN.

> Sounds good. If we're making other backwards-incompatible changes to
> pgNotify, one thing that bugs me about the API is the use of "relname"
> to refer to name of the NOTIFY/LISTEN condition.

I hear you ... but my proposal only requires a recompile, *not* any
source code changes. Renaming the field would break client source code.
I doubt it's worth that.

regards, tom lane

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