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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Allow pg_dumpall to use dumpmem.c functions,
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce () momjian ! us>
Date: 2011-11-29 21:35:18
Message-ID: 201111292135.pATLZI623135 () momjian ! us
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > I was wondering if it wouldn't make more sense to have pg_dumpall supply
> > > its own version of exit_horribly to avoid separate pg_malloc and
> > > pg_strdup ... but then those routines are so tiny that it hardly makes a
> > > difference.
> > >
> > > Another thing I wondered when seeing the original commit is the fact
> > > that the old code passed the AH to exit_horribly in some places, whereas
> > > the new one simply uses NULL.
> ...
> >
> > I am thinking we should just get rid of the whole AH passing.
> >
> > I have always felt the pg_dump code is overly complex, and this is
> > confirming my suspicion.
>
> I have developed the attached patch which accomplishes this. I was also
> able to move the write_msg function into dumputils.c (which is linked to
> pg_dumpall), which allows pg_dumpall to use the new dumpmem.c functions,
> and I removed its private ones.
>
> FYI, I found write_msg() was a useless valist trampoline so I removed
> the trampoline code and renamed _write_msg() to write_msg(). I also
> modified the MSVC code.
Applied.
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