Re: BufFileRead() error signalling

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BufFileRead() error signalling
Date: 2020-01-29 15:01:31
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ=AMAvQBKJ=c1yzD7_vKoLJ_oSKgrTDW25e_L51P_PkA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 1:26 AM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:51:54PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> > I quickly reread that thread and I don't see that there's any firm
> > consensus there in favor of "read %d of %zu" over "read only %d of %zu
> > bytes". Now, if most people prefer the former, so be it, but I don't
> > think that's clear from that thread.
>
> The argument of consistency falls in favor of the former on HEAD:
> $ git grep "could not read" | grep "read %d of %zu" | wc -l
> 59
> $ git grep "could not read" | grep "read only %d of %zu" | wc -l
> 0

True. I didn't realize that 'read %d of %zu' was so widely used.

Your grep misses one instance of 'read only %d of %d bytes' because
you grepped for %zu specifically, but that doesn't really change the
overall picture.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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