Aleksander Alekseev <a(dot)alekseev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> writes:
> Suggested patch (first of many, I hope) renames `md5Salt` to more
> general `pwsalt`.
> Does it sound reasonable?
I'm dubious. The main problem with supposing that port->md5Salt
can serve other purposes is its fixed size. I think you're likely
going to have to change that representation at some point (eg
make it a separately-palloc'd field). My inclination would be to
do the field renaming at the same time you change the representation,
since that provides a convenient way to ensure you've caught every
place that has to change.
regards, tom lane