On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> wrote: > On 2/14/17 3:13 AM, Seki, Eiji wrote: >> +extern TransactionId GetOldestXmin(Relation rel, uint8 ignoreFlags); > > > My impression is that most other places that do this sort of thing just call > the argument 'flags', so as not to "lock in" a single idea of what the flags > are for. I can't readily think of another use for flags in GetOldestXmin, > but ISTM it's better to just go with "flags" instead of "ignoreFlags".
I agree; also, many years ago a guy named Tom Lane told me that flags argument should typically be declared as type "int". I've followed that advice ever since. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
