Re: gen_guc_tables.pl: Validate required GUC fields before code generation

From: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: gen_guc_tables.pl: Validate required GUC fields before code generation
Date: 2025-11-20 05:51:56
Message-ID: CAEoWx2ksUC-PW4VKAA5uGit1KyH3qCmJ5xMiMwUheSUUWtzKcw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>
wrote:

>
> > v3 goes back to v1 plus I add a check for unknown field type per your
> > suggestion, for example:
> > ```
> > error: guc_parameters.data line 2271: unknown GUC type 'intt'
> > ```
>
> We've already validated that the name field exists, so this error
> message should include that, like the other ones do.
>

Make sense. I added field name to this error message in v4, now it looks
like:
```
error: guc_parameters.dat line 2278: 'primary_conninfo' has unknown GUC
type 'string1'
```

Chao Li (Evan)
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HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/

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