[HACKERS] Why use !=

2006-05-15 Thread ipig
Hi, inpostgresql-8.1.3/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c there are 2 function InitProcess and InitDummyProcess, both use " if (MyProc != NULL) elog(ERROR, "you already exist"); " (line 215 and 315) why use " != " ? Best regards.

Re: [HACKERS] Why use !=

2006-05-15 Thread Qingqing Zhou
ipig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in postgresql-8.1.3/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c there are 2 function InitProcess and InitDummyProcess, both use if (MyProc != NULL) elog(ERROR, you already exist); (line 215 and 315) why use != ? I guess you misread exist to exit? Try

Re: [HACKERS] Why use !=

2006-05-15 Thread Gurjeet Singh
It done so, because InitProcess() is supposed to be called only once per backend, because it allocates a PGPROC from a LIST OF free PGPROCs. So with this test, and calling elog( ERROR, ... ) we are stopping the caller from doing a second initialization for this backend. On 5/16/06, ipig

Re: [HACKERS] Why use !=

2006-05-15 Thread ipig
As Qingqing Zhou said, i misread exist. Thanks. - Original Message - From: Gurjeet Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ipig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Why use != It done so, because InitProcess