On 2014-01-22 12:40:34 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > >> Shouldn't we introduce a typedef LWLock* LWLockid; or something to avoid > >> breaking external code using lwlocks? > > > > +1, in fact there's probably no reason to touch most *internal* code using > > that type name either. > > I thought about this but figured it was too much of a misnomer to > refer to a pointer as an ID. But, if we're sure we want to go that > route, I can go revise the patch along those lines.
I personally don't care either way for internal code as long as external code continues to work. There's the argument of making the commit better readable by having less noise and less divergence in the branches and there's your argument of that being less clear. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
