Re: Lessons from commit fest

Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca> writes:
> * Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> [080417 20:11]:
>> Ouch, that's a real good point.  Maybe a certain amount of platform
>> dependence is inevitable.

> I don't get it.  If they are used as typedefs *anywhere* in the PG
> source, they're needed in the typedef list.

Right, but if the only use is inside #ifdef __BRAND_X_PLATFORM__,
the only way for the proposed toolchain to extract that usage is
if someone runs it on BRAND_X_PLATFORM.

Of course, for seldom-used platforms maybe we don't care that much.
        regards, tom lane