Re: initdb.c::main() too large

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:23:59PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > In looking to add an fsync-only option to initdb, I found its main()
> > function to be 743 lines long, and very hard to understand.
>
> > The attached patch moves much of that code into separate functions,
> > which will make initdb.c easier to understand, and easier to add an
> > fsync-only option. The original initdb.c author, Andrew Dunstan, has
> > accepted the restructuring, in principle.
>
> No objection to breaking it into multiple functions --- but I do say
> it's a lousy idea to put the long_options[] constant at the front of
> the file, thousands of lines away from the switch construct that it
> has to be in sync with. We don't do that in any other program AFAIR.
> Keep that in the main() function, please.

Good point. I had not noticed that. I fixed my initdb patch, and
adjusted a few other C files to be consistent.

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