Re: extend pgbench expressions with functions

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> wrote:
> I wrote:
>> - fprintf(stderr, "gaussian parameter must be at least
>> %f (not \"%s\")\n", MIN_GAUSSIAN_PARAM, argv[5]);
>> + fprintf(stderr,
>> + "random gaussian parameter must be greater
>> than %f "
>> + "(got %f)\n", MIN_GAUSSIAN_PARAM, parameter);
>> This looks like useless noise to me. Why changing those messages?
>
>
> Because the message was not saying that it was about random, and I think
> that it is the important.
>> fprintf(stderr,
>> - "exponential parameter must be greater than
>> zero (not \"%s\")\n",
>> - argv[5]);
>> + "random exponential parameter must be greater than
>> 0.0 "
>> + "(got %f)\n", parameter);
>> st->ecnt++;
>> - return true;
>> + return false;
>> This diff is noise as well, and should be removed.
>
> Ok, I can but "zero" and "not" back, but same remark as above, why not tell
> that it is about random? This information is missing.

Those things should be a separate patch then, committed separately as
they provide more verbose messages.

>> + /*
>> + * Note: this section could be removed, as the same
>> functionnality
>> + * is available through \set xxx random_gaussian(...)
>> + */
>> I think that you are right to do that. That's no fun to break existing
>> scripts, even if people doing that with pgbench are surely experienced
>> hackers.
>
> Ok, but I would like a clear go or vote before doing this.

For now, I am seeing opinions on those matters from nobody else than
me and you, and we got toward the same direction. If you think that
there is a possibility that somebody has a different opinion on those
matters, and it is likely so let's keep the patch as-is then and wait
for more input: it is easier to remove code than add it back. I am not
sure what a committer would say, and it surely would be a waste of
time to just move back and worth for everybody.

>> int() should be strengthened regarding bounds. For example:
>> \set cid debug(int(int(9223372036854775807) +
>> double(9223372036854775807)))
>> debug(script=0,command=1): int -9223372036854775808
>
>
> Hmmm. You mean just to check the double -> int conversion for overflow,
> as in:
>
> SELECT (9223372036854775807::INT8 +
> 9223372036854775807::DOUBLE PRECISION)::INT8;
>
> Ok.

Yes, that's what I mean. The job running into that should definitely
fail with a proper out-of-bound error message.
--
Michael