Re: Allowing extensions to find out the OIDs of their member objects

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Allowing extensions to find out the OIDs of their member objects
Date: 2019-01-21 02:09:09
Message-ID: 20190121020908.GB6942@fetter.org
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:25:16AM +0000, Andrew Gierth wrote:
> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
> Tom> A larger issue is whether "hand out some OIDs on-demand" is a
> Tom> sustainable strategy.
>
> No.
>
> Not for any concerns over availability of oids, but simply from the fact
> that we have no business whatsoever inserting ourselves into the
> extension development process in this way.

+1 for keeping our nose out of this business.

Best,
David.
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