On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 1:49 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Maybe s/make a/start with/ ?
> Also, once people start doing this, it'd be unfriendly to suggest > 9099 if 9100 is already committed. There should be some attention > to *how many* consecutive free OIDs will be available if one starts > at the suggestion. How about this wording?: Patches should use a more-or-less consecutive range of OIDs. Best practice is to start with a random choice in the range 8000-9999. Suggested random unused OID: 9591 (409 consecutive OID(s) available starting here) Attached is v3, which implements your suggestion, generating output like the above. I haven't written a line of Perl in my life prior to today, so basic code review would be helpful. -- Peter Geoghegan
v3-0001-unused_oids-suggestion.patch
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