Michael Paquier wrote: > - getObjectDescription and getObjectIdentity are called in quite a > couple of places. We could have those have a kind of missing_ok, but > as the status is just for adding cache lookup errors I have kept the > interface simple as this keeps the code in objectaddress.c more simple > as well. getObjectIdentity is used mainly in sepgsql, which I have not > compiled yet so I may have missed something :) getObjectDescription is > used in more places in the backend code, but I am not much into > complicating the objaddr API with this patch more.
I think the addition of checks everywhere for NULL return is worse. Let's add a missing_ok flag instead, so that most callers can just trust that they get a non null value if they don't want to deal with that case. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, 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
