Re: [HACKERS] replace GrantObjectType with ObjectType

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 05:23:25PM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 1/16/18 23:38, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> + if (prop->objtype == OBJECT_TABLE)
>> + /*
>> + * If the property data says it's a table, dig a little deeper to get
>> + * the real relation kind, so that callers can produce more precise
>> + * error messages.
>> + */
>> + return relkind_get_objtype(get_rel_relkind(object_id));
>> I guess that this is the price to pay as OBJECT_RELATION gets
>> removed, but it seems to me that we want to keep the OBJECT_RELATION
>> layer and look in depth at the relkind if is found...
>
> The problem I'm trying to solve is that keeping OBJECT_RELATION anywhere
> means it has to be handled everywhere. This is the only place where
> it's interesting, but it's only used to produce some error messages, so
> I think it doesn't have to be terribly efficient and elegant.

OK, I can live with that argument.
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Michael