Re: [HACKERS] return values of backend sub-main functions

2012-06-19 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On ons, 2012-01-18 at 21:21 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: On lör, 2012-01-07 at 16:41 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net writes: I suggest that we change PostgresMain(), PostmasterMain(), BackendRun(), WalSenderMain(), and WalSndLoop() to return void as well. I

Re: [HACKERS] return values of backend sub-main functions

2012-06-19 Thread Robert Haas
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net wrote: On ons, 2012-01-18 at 21:21 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: On lör, 2012-01-07 at 16:41 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net writes: I suggest that we change PostgresMain(), PostmasterMain(),

Re: [HACKERS] return values of backend sub-main functions

2012-06-19 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net wrote: On ons, 2012-01-18 at 21:21 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: On lör, 2012-01-07 at 16:41 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net writes: I suggest that we change PostgresMain(), PostmasterMain(),

Re: [HACKERS] return values of backend sub-main functions

2012-01-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On lör, 2012-01-07 at 16:41 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net writes: I suggest that we change PostgresMain(), PostmasterMain(), BackendRun(), WalSenderMain(), and WalSndLoop() to return void as well. I agree this code is not very consistent or useful, but one

Re: [HACKERS] return values of backend sub-main functions

2012-01-07 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut pete...@gmx.net writes: I suggest that we change PostgresMain(), PostmasterMain(), BackendRun(), WalSenderMain(), and WalSndLoop() to return void as well. I agree this code is not very consistent or useful, but one question: what should the callers do if one of these functions