Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> I wasn't thinking of introducing bgw_builtin_id. My idea was just
> along the lines of
> if (bgw_library_name == NULL && bgw_function_name != NULL)
> {
> if (strcmp(bgw_function_name, "ParallelQueryMain") == 0)
> ParallelQueryMain(blah);
> else if (strcmp(bgw_function_name, "LogicalReplicationMain") == 0)
> LogicalReplicationMain(blah);
> }
> I think something like that is certainly better for the back-branches,
> because it doesn't cause an ABI break. But I think it would also be
> fine for master.
That seems perfectly reasonable from here: surely the cost of a couple
of strcmp's is trivial in comparison to a process launch.
We can redesign the API whenever this way starts getting unwieldy,
but that's likely to be quite some time away.
regards, tom lane
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