Re: pgsql-server/src/interfaces/libpgtcl pgtclCmds ...

momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian - CVS) writes:
>     Everytime if I do PQconsumeInput (when the backend channel gets
>     readable) I check for the return value. (0 == error) and generate a
>     notification manually, e.g. fixed string connection_closed) and pass it to the
>     TCL event queue.

Was that patch reviewed by anyone?  I don't think I've even seen it
successfully posted --- the submitter seemed to be having trouble
attaching it.

From the description, I don't think I trust it much.  Event queue stuff
is subtle ...

>   The only other thing I had to do is to comment out removing
>     all pending events in PgStopNotifyEventSource whenever the connection was
>     unexpectedly closed (so the manually generated event will not be deleted).

... and this is *very* likely to break things.

            regards, tom lane