>Tom Lane > "Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The behaviour I wish to add is: > > Keep wal_debug as a value between 0 and 16. > > If =0 then no debug output (default). > > Use following bitmasks against the value > > Mask 1 = XLOG Checkpoints get logged > > Mask 2 = Archive API calls get logged > > Mask 4 = Transaction - commits get logged > > Mask 8 = Flush & INSERTs get logged > > I see no value in reverting Neil's change. The above looks way too much > like old-line assembler-programmer thinking to me, anyway. Why not > invent a separate, appropriately named boolean variable for each thing > you want to control? Even C programmers manage to avoid doing the sort > of mental arithmetic that the above would force onto DBAs. > > As for whether it should be #ifdef'd or not, I'd have no objection to > turning WAL_DEBUG on by default in pg_config_manual.h for the duration > of PITR development. One should not however confuse short-term > debugging needs with features that the average user is going to need > indefinitely. (It was not too long ago that there was still debugging > code for btree index building in there, for crissakes.)
...erm, I guess you didn't like that one then? ;} > As for whether it should be #ifdef'd or not, I'd have no objection to > turning WAL_DEBUG on by default in pg_config_manual.h for the duration > of PITR development. Yes OK, thank you. > Why not > invent a separate, appropriately named boolean variable for each thing > you want to control? Yes, OK, will do. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match