Re: Rename PqMsg_Progress to PqMsg_ParallelWorkerProgress

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com
Subject: Re: Rename PqMsg_Progress to PqMsg_ParallelWorkerProgress
Date: 2026-09-10 19:50:20
Message-ID: 924900.1789069820@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Sami Imseih <samimseih(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I think the obvious way to resolve that
>> inconsistency is to duplicate those macros and give them the parallel
>> prefix, but I'm not sure that's a worthwhile endeavor. Those characters
>> have roughly the same meaning for parallel workers/leaders as they do
>> elsewhere, so there's no real gain in code readability.

> IMO, this is not necessary. I can't think of a good reason.

Agreed. I think the main problem with the way things stand is that
it looks like PqMsg_Progress might apply for regular clients, which
it doesn't.

Possibly it'd be appropriate to adjust the comments in protocol.h
to make things clearer. I think this might be enough:

-/* These are the codes sent by parallel workers to leader processes. */
+/* Additional codes sent by parallel workers to leader processes. */

regards, tom lane

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