Hello Peter,
>> About doc: I'd consider "generation" instead of "generating" as a
>> secondary index term.
>
> We do use the "-ing" form for other secondary index terms. It's useful
> because the concatenation of primary and secondary term should usually
> make a phrase of some sort. The alternative would be "generation of",
> but that doesn't seem clearly better.
Ok, fine. I looked but did not find other instances of "generating".
>> What about avoiding a redirection with something like:
>>
>> Datum (* const pg_random_uuid)(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) = gen_random_uuid;
>
> That seems very confusing.
Dunno. Possibly. The user does not have to look at the implementation, and
probably such code would deserve a comment.
The point is to avoid one call so as to perform the same (otherwise the
pg_random_uuid would be slightly slower), and to ensure that it behaves
the same, as it would be the very same function by construction.
I've switched the patch to ready anyway.
--
Fabien.