Re: Patch to implement pg_current_logfile() function

From: "Karl O(dot) Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gilles Darold <gilles(dot)darold(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Shulgin, Oleksandr" <oleksandr(dot)shulgin(at)zalando(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch to implement pg_current_logfile() function
Date: 2016-11-23 18:04:13
Message-ID: 20161123120413.5727a589@slate.meme.com
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:39:28 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Karl O. Pinc <kop(at)meme(dot)com>
> > wrote:
> >> The bool types on the stack in logfile_rotate() are
> >> my work. Bools on the stack don't make sense as far
> >> as hardware goes, so the compiler's optimizer should change
> >> them to int. This patch changes the bools to ints
> >> should that be to someone's taste.
>
> > That does not seem like a good idea from here. Even if it buys some
> > microscopic speedup, in a place like this it won't matter. It's
> > more important that the code be clear, and using an int where you
> > really intend a bool isn't an improvement as far as clarity goes.
>
> Not to mention that the "bools on the stack don't make sense" premise
> is bogus anyway.

Thanks. I don't think I've paid attention since 8088 days, just always
used bools. We'll drop that patch then.

But this reminds me. I should have used a bool return value.

Attached is a version 2 of
patch_pg_current_logfile-v14.diff.deletion-v2

Karl <kop(at)meme(dot)com>
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-- Robert A. Heinlein

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