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Re: PostgreSQL 17: Bug in libpq when libpq is dlopened/closed multiple times

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Daniel Schreiber <daniel.schreiber@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
Date: 2026-04-22T22:13:28Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers 
Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:23 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Should we write the arguments as BIO_TYPE_NONE | BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK
>> rather than just BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK?

> Good question... Popularity-wise, the shorter spelling shows up across
> quite a few projects on GitHub, but the only spelling of
> `BIO_meth_new(BIO_TYPE_NONE | ...)` that I can find is a single place
> inside OpenSSL's own test suite -- which also uses the shorter
> alternative, in two places. So my vote is BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK; we'll
> be in good company.

Fair enough.

			regards, tom lane