Bruce Momjian escribió: > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 08:59:42AM -0400, Noah Misch wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 10:12:05PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > If we had not made massive cleanup changes years ago, our code would not > > > be as good as it is today. By avoiding cleanup to reduce the burden on > > > people who use our code, we are positioning our code on a slow decline > > > in clarity. > > > > > > What I don't want to do is get into a mode where every code cleanup has > > > to be verified that it isn't going to excessively burden outside code > > > users. Cleanup is hard enough, and adding another check to that process > > > makes cleanup even less likely. > > > > I don't disagree with that, but I would describe the proposal as a mild > > dirty-up for the sake of build performance, not a cleanup. > > OK, good enough. Thanks for the feedback.
Agreed. I will keep this patch in my local repo; I might present it again later as part of more invasive surgery. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, 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
