Re: PQinitSSL broken in some use casesf

Andrew Chernow wrote:
>> At this point I like Merlin's proposal of a third parameter value to
>> PQinitSSL the best.
>
> I'm not opposed to it, although I don't think it is as clean as a new
> function.
>
>>
>> Also, this definition feels a bit wrong --- it's not possible for
>> all four cases to be valid, is it?
>>
>
> Yes it is.
>
> PQinitSSLExtended(0, 0); // don't init anything, PQinitSSL(0)
> PQinitSSLExtended(1, 0); // init ssl, don't init crypto
> PQinitSSLExtended(0, 1); // don't init ssl, init crypto
> PQinitSSLExtended(1, 1); // init both, default behavior, PQinitSSL(1)
>

Maybe the argument to PQinitSSLExtended should be a bit mask, making
this version more extendable ... PG_INITSSL, PG_INITCRYPTO?

Also, how about calling this PQinitSecure(int flags), since SSL is only
one thing it can init. This is just like merlin's suggestion but
without hacking the existing PQinitSSL.

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