On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 4:17 PM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentr...@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>
> Most callers of BufFileRead() want to check whether they read the full
> specified length.  Checking this at every call site is very tedious.
> This patch provides additional variants BufFileReadExact() and
> BufFileReadMaybeEOF() that include the length checks.
>
> I considered changing BufFileRead() itself, but this function is also
> used in extensions, and so changing the behavior like this would create
> a lot of problems there.  The new names are analogous to the existing
> LogicalTapeReadExact().
>

+1 for the new APIs. I have noticed that some of the existing places
use %m and the file path in messages which are not used in the new
common function.

-- 
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.


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