Re: The unused_oids script should have a reminder to use the 8000-8999 OID range

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: The unused_oids script should have a reminder to use the 8000-8999 OID range
Date: 2019-08-06 06:39:14
Message-ID: CAH2-WzmnC_p1CQR+p3Z3BU1BXZxxT2qqQ_95kCpLy-mLMZmDUA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 11:13 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Right. Besides, adding something along the lines Michael described
> > necessitates fixing the problems that it creates. We'll run out of
> > blocks of 5 contiguous OIDs (or whatever) far sooner than we'll run
> > out of single OIDs.
>
> Well, if we ever get even close to that situation, this whole approach
> isn't really gonna work.

My point was that I don't see any reason to draw the line at or after
what Michael suggested, but before handling the exhaustion of
available blocks of 5 contiguous OIDs in the range 8000-9999. It's
just busy work.

--
Peter Geoghegan

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