Re: HASH_BLOBS hazards (was Re: PATCH: logical_work_mem and logical streaming of large in-progress transactions)

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut(at)gmail(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh(dot)2007(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: HASH_BLOBS hazards (was Re: PATCH: logical_work_mem and logical streaming of large in-progress transactions)
Date: 2020-12-14 10:28:18
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On 2020-12-13 17:49, Tom Lane wrote:
> 2. Don't allow a default: invent a new HASH_STRING flag, and
> require that hash_create() calls specify exactly one of HASH_BLOBS,
> HASH_STRING, or HASH_FUNCTION. This doesn't completely fix the
> hazard of mindless-copy-and-paste, but I think it might make it
> a little more obvious. Still requires touching a lot of calls.

I think this sounds best, and also expand the documentation of these
flags a bit.

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Peter Eisentraut
2ndQuadrant, an EDB company
https://www.2ndquadrant.com/

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