Re: WIP: a way forward on bootstrap data

John Naylor <jcnaylor(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 3/22/18, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> While I'm thinking of it --- I noticed one or two places where you
>> had "BKI_DEFAULT(\0)".

> Hmm, I only see this octal in pg_type.h
> char typdelim BKI_DEFAULT(\054);

Sorry, I was going by memory rather than looking at the code.

> Which I hope is fine.

I don't really think it's legal C; I'd rather write BKI_DEFAULT('\054').

> Were you thinking of this comment in
> pg_attribute.h? We use the double-quoted empty string for postgres.bki
> and change it to '\0' for schemapg.h.

> /* One of the ATTRIBUTE_IDENTITY_* constants below, or '\0' */
> char attidentity BKI_DEFAULT("");

That definitely seems like a hack --- why not BKI_DEFAULT('\0') ?

regards, tom lane