Re: Postgres perl module namespace

On 9/4/21 2:19 AM, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 03:34:24PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> On 8/25/21 10:08 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:48 AM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 03:39:15PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 3:03 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>>>>>> OK, I count 3 in favor of changing to PgTest::Cluster, 1 against,
>>>>>> remainder don't care.
>>>>> I'd have gone with something starting with Postgres:: ... but I don't care much.
>>>> PgTest seems like a better choice to me, as "Postgres" could be used
>>>> for other purposes than a testing framework, and the argument that
>>>> multiple paths makes things annoying for hackers is sensible.
>>> I mean, it's a hierarchical namespace. The idea is you do
>>> Postgres::Test or Postgres::<whatever> and other people using the
>>> Postgres database can use other parts of it. But again, not really
>>> worth arguing about.
>> I think I have come around to this POV. Here's a patch. The worst of it
>> is changes like this:
>>
>> - my $node2 = PostgresNode->new('replica');
>> + my $node2 = Postgres::Test::Cluster->new('replica');
>> ...
>> - TestLib::system_or_bail($tar, 'xf', $tblspc_tars[0], '-C', $repTsDir);
>> + Postgres::Test::Utils::system_or_bail($tar, 'xf', $tblspc_tars[0], '-C', $repTsDir);
> plperl uses PostgreSQL:: as the first component of its Perl module namespace.
> We shouldn't use both PostgreSQL:: and Postgres:: in the same source tree, so
> this change should not use Postgres::.

Good point. Here's the same thing using PostgreSQL::Test

cheers

andrew

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