Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 24 May 2016 at 00:00, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did you consider the use of simple_list.c instead of introducing a new
>> mimic as PGcommandQueueEntry? It would be cool avoiding adding new
>> list emulations on frontends.
> I'd have to extend simple_list to add a generic object version, like
> struct my_list_elem
> {
> PG_SIMPLE_LIST_ATTRS;
> mytype mycol;
> myothertype myothercol;
> }
> Objections?
That doesn't look exactly "generic".
> I could add a void* version that's a simple clone of the string version,
> but having to malloc both a list cell and its contents separately is
> annoying.
I'd be okay with a void* version, but I'm not sure about this.
regards, tom lane