* Tom Lane (t...@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote: > Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes: > > Attached patch implements this change to not LOCK the table in cases > > where we don't need to. I'll push this with my other changes to pg_dump > > tomorrow (and I've included it in an updated, complete, set of patches > > sent on the thread where those changes were being discussed already). > > > Wanted to include it here also for completeness. > > > Comments welcome, of course. > > Minor suggestion: instead of putting these comments and hardwired > knowledge here, I'd suggest putting them adjacent to the list of > DUMP_COMPONENT #defines, creating a symbol along the lines of > DUMP_COMPONENTS_REQUIRING_TABLE_LOCK. That approach would make it > far more likely that somebody changing the list of DUMP_COMPONENT > elements in future would notice the possible need to adjust the > requires-lock list.
Good thought, I'll do that. Thanks! Stephen
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