Re: Adding Node support in outfuncs.c and readfuncs.c

On ons, 2011-11-09 at 20:14 +0100, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> The task in $subject is something I will have to do repeatedly for
> completing the Command Trigger patch.  I've been doing some of them
> manually, covering initdb.  Then I've been scripting away the editing.
> 
> The script takes a Node number as input (because that's what you're
> given in ERROR messages) and as an output will edit outfuncs.c and
> readfuncs.c for you.
> 
> That's only intended as a developer friendly help, not a part of the
> build process or the like, and I've been writing that in Emacs Lisp --
> that's what make most sense to me (I don't do perl). Now, I intend to
> be
> maintaining the script if needs be, and it could be useful for others
> too.
> 
> What about adding that into src/tools/editors/pgsrc.el?

This is a massive amount of code that very few people in our community
will use, and very few be able to maintain it, too.  If you want to make
a lasting contribution on this area, write a program that generates the
node handling functionality automatically as part of the build process.