Re: flags argument for dsm_create

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: flags argument for dsm_create
Date: 2015-03-19 16:15:54
Message-ID: 1993.1426781754@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm slightly confused. Does that mean "just change it" or does that
> mean "add dsm_create_extended instead"?

FWIW, I vote for "just change it". We change C-level APIs all the time,
and this function has surely not got either the longevity nor the wide
usage that might argue for keeping its API sancrosanct.

regards, tom lane

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