Re: Datum should be defined outside postgres.h

Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> My idea is to put functions declaration int pg_xxx.h and structure
> declaration in pg_xxx_def.h. I'm not sure if split DATA into separate
> header is good idea, but if yes then pg_xxx_data.h should be good name
> for it (it seems that pg_dump needs only defines).

That seems far more invasive than is justified, as it will essentially
force touching every file that includes any catalog header. I think
the vast majority are including for the struct definitions, and so the
structs should stay where they are. Moving the DATA lines is a pretty
bad idea as well, since we'd also have to move the corresponding OID
macro #defines (in examples such as pg_type.h), leading to yet more
pointless #include-thrashing.

regards, tom lane