Re: getpid() function

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 08:40:13PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have implemented this TODO item:
> 
> 	* Add getpid() function to backend
> 
> There were a large number of pg_stat functions that access pids and
> backends slots so I added it there:
> 	
> 	test=> select pg_stat_get_backend_mypid();

If we're going to add it to pg_stat_*, why is 'backend' part of the
name? All the existing backend_* function fetch some piece of data
about a given backend -- whereas this function does not (it takes
no arguments).

IMHO, a better name would be something like 'backend_process_id()',
or 'unix_pid', or 'backend_pid()'.

Also, can you add some documentation on this?

Cheers,

Neil

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