Re: Snapshot synchronization, again...

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

To: Joachim Wieland <joe@mcknight.de>

Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2011-02-18T19:57:11Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers


I have two questions: 

1. why are you using the expansible char array stuff instead of using
the StringInfo facility?

2. is md5 the most appropriate digest for this?  If you need a
cryptographically secure hash, do we need something stronger?  If not,
why not just use hash_any?

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