Re: No longer possible to query catalogs for index capabilities?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers\(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: No longer possible to query catalogs for index capabilities?
Date: 2016-08-09 15:26:29
Message-ID: 24619.1470756389@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> writes:
> Where'd be a good place to put that function? ruleutils? catalog/index.c ?

> (ruleutils is way too big already)

Agreed. catalog/index.c is not a place that implements SQL-visible
functions, so I don't like that either.

One idea is utils/adt/misc.c. Or we could make a new file under
utils/adt/ though I'm not very sure what to name it. amaccess.c?
catutils.c? If there's only ever likely to be one or two functions
of this ilk, maybe a new file is overkill and we should just use misc.c.

regards, tom lane

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