Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Replace duplicate_oids with Perl implementation

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Replace duplicate_oids with Perl implementation
Date: 2013-10-11 21:25:22
Message-ID: 52586CC2.4050902@gmx.net
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On 10/11/13 3:57 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> Replace duplicate_oids with Perl implementation
>> It is more portable, more robust, and more readable.
>> From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
>
> What about unused_oids?

We are not planning to put unused_oids in to the main build path, so
there is much less of a need to make it more portable or robust.

Also, as we have just (re-)learned, you cannot rely on /usr/bin/perl
being there, so rewriting unused_oids in Perl would arguably make it
less usable.

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