Re: pg_dump: Simplify internal archive version handling

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump: Simplify internal archive version handling
Date: 2016-10-25 21:03:58
Message-ID: e9a16c32-2908-5db9-7ccf-269b1e51400f@2ndquadrant.com
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On 10/13/16 9:13 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> I propose the attached patch to clean up some redundancy and confusion
>> in pg_dump.
>
> Looks sane, though I'd suggest coding the access macros with shifts
> not multiplies/divides.

Done.

> Since these numbers are purely internal and not stored in this form in the
> file, I wonder whether we shouldn't drop the rightmost zero byte, ie make
> it just <maj><min><rev> not <maj><min><rev>00. That would save at least
> one divide/shift when accessing.

Done and committed. Thanks.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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