Re: Re-thing PG_MODULE_MAGIC

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: josh@agliodbs.com, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date: 2006-06-16T04:01:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> >>> The <quote>magic block</> present in all PostgreSQL-supported libraries
> >>> is checked to guarantee compatibility.  For this reason, non-PostgreSQL
> >>> libraries cannot be loaded in this way.
> >> 
> >> you need "must be" before "present".  
> 
> > Uh, the point is not that they need a magic block (though they do), but
> > rather that the magic block is always checked.
> 
> It's a grammar complaint, not a factual complaint.  Personally I'd
> suggest wording it as "the magic block required in all ..."

OK, new text:

	The <quote>magic block</> required in all PostgreSQL-supported libraries
	is checked to guarantee compatibility.  For this reason, non-PostgreSQL
	libraries cannot be loaded in this way.

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