Thomas Munro <thomas.mu...@gmail.com> writes:
> Here's a patch. Is there a tidier way to write this?
Hmm, I think not with the current set of primitives. We could think
about refactoring them, but that's not a job for a band-aid patch.
> It should probably be back-patched to 17, because external code might
> use per-buffer data (obviously v17 core doesn't or skink would have
> told us this sooner). It's not a good time to push to 17 today,
> though. Push to master now to cheer skink up and 17 some time later
> when the coast is clear, or just wait?
Agreed that right now is a bad time to push this to v17 --- we need to
keep the risk factors as low as possible for the re-release. Master
now and v17 after the re-wrap seems like the right compromise.
regards, tom lane
