Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Keep in mind that in the postmaster, elog(ERROR) *is* a crash.
> Right... but a function that returns -1 to indicate that something
> didn't work should be OK, as long as whatever it does is otherwise
> extremely boring.
The more functionality you put in the postmaster, the more likely it is
to trip over an elog(ERROR) somewhere.
regards, tom lane