Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 1/11/17 11:25 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> +1 for the concept, but I'm a bit worried about putting atooid() in
>> postgres_ext.h. That's going to impose on the namespace of libpq-using
>> applications, for instance. A more conservative answer would be to
>> add it to c.h. OTOH, postgres_ext.h is where the Oid typedef lives,
>> so I do see the consistency of adding this there. Hard choice.
> How about two copies: one in postgres_fe.h and one in postgres.h?
That seems uglier than either of the other choices.
I don't personally have a huge problem with adding atooid in
postgres_ext.h, but I thought I'd better flag the potential issue
to see if anyone else thinks it's a big problem.
>> The oid_cmp() move looks fine if we only need it on the server side.
>> But doesn't pg_dump have one too?
> The pg_dump one isn't a qsort comparator, though.
OK.
regards, tom lane