Re: flags argument for dsm_create

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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 16:21:04
Message-ID: 20150319162104.GI29780@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> 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.

Agreed.

Thanks,

Stephen

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