Re: [RFC] Common object property boards

Excerpts from Kohei KaiGai's message of dom jul 31 02:21:55 -0400 2011:
> 2011/7/29 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:

> > It would likely be better to not expose the struct type, just individual
> > lookup functions.
> >
> If so, individual functions to expose a certain property of the supplied
> object type should be provided.
>
> int get_object_property_catid_oidlookup(ObjectType);
> int get_object_property_catid_namelookup(ObjectType);
> Oid get_object_property_relation_id(ObjectType);
> AttrNumber get_object_property_nameattnum(ObjectType);
> AttrNumber get_object_property_namespacenum(ObjectType);
> AttrNumber get_object_property_ownershipnum(ObjectType);

Maybe a single lookup function that receives pointers that the lookup
routine can fill with the appropriate information; allowing for a NULL
pointer in each, meaning caller is not interested in that property.

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