Re: allowing broader use of simplehash

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:24 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> > I was basically just thinking that we could pass the context to use via
> > CurrentMemoryContext, instead of explicitly passing it in.
>
> I thought about that, but as a general rule, replacing a function
> parameter with a global variable is the wrong direction. One could
> argue this particular case is a counterexample, and I won't fight
> tooth and nail if you want to take that position, but I don't think I
> believe it myself.

After confirming with Andres that he didn't have an objection to me
pressing forward with these patches, I have committed them.

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