Re: Change pg_cancel_*() to ignore current backend

On 5/19/15 9:19 PM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:
>     We could add a second parameter to the current functions:
>     allow_own_pid DEFAULT false. To me that seems better than an
>     entirely separate set of functions.
>
>
> +1 to add a second parameter to current functions.

Instead of allow_own_pid, I went with skip_own_pid. I have the function
still returning true even when it skips it's own PID... that seems a bit
weird, but I think it's better than returning false. Unless someone
thinks it should return NULL, but I don't see that as any better either.
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