Re: [HACKERS] smgr.c and smgrtype.c

2004-10-19 Thread Satoshi Nagayasu
>>I'm trying to modify the storage manager now. > > Um ... why? Because I want to add my new storage manager. It is not just for (single) magnetic disk. > If anyone had wanted to add a new storage manager in the last fifteen > years, we'd doubtless have tried to clean this up some, but no one h

Re: [HACKERS] smgr.c and smgrtype.c

2004-10-19 Thread Tom Lane
Satoshi Nagayasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to modify the storage manager now. Um ... why? There is no doubt that the current smgr interface leaves a lot to be desired, but the reason that it's in such sad shape is that there is absolutely no modern-day use for an API at that partic

[HACKERS] smgr.c and smgrtype.c

2004-10-18 Thread Satoshi Nagayasu
Hello all, I'm trying to modify the storage manager now. I found a number of smgrs are stored separately in the storage manager module (NSmgr in smgr.c and NStorageManagers in smgrtype.c), and names of storage managers are stored in smgrtype.c. Are there any reason for this? I think they shold b