Peter Geoghegan wrote: > On 7 September 2011 00:13, Peter Geoghegan <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Within TUs, we unshadow a previously shadowed variable, so we link > > to a global variable rather than one local to the original/other new > > file. Unlikely to be a problem. Here's what I get when I compile > > xlog.c in the usual way with the addition of the -Wshadow flag: > > I hit send too soon. Of course, this isn't going to matter in the case > I described because an extern declaration of int foo cannot appear in > the same TU as a static declaration of int foo - it won't compile. I > hastily gave that as an example of a general phenomenon that can occur > when performing this splitting process. An actually valid example of > same would be if someone refactored functions a bit as part of this > process to make things more modular, and now referenced a global > variable rather than a local one as part of that process. This is > quite possible, because namespace pollution is a big problem with > heavyweight C files - Just look at how much output that -Wshadow flag > gives when used on xlog.c.
I am confused how moving a function from one C file to another could cause breakage? -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
