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Re: Postgres perl module namespace

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-04-18T18:07:43Z
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> No, I think we could probably just port the whole of src/test/PostreSQL
> back if required, and have it live alongside the old modules. Each TAP
> test is a separate miracle - see comments elsewhere about port
> assignment in parallel TAP tests.
> But that would mean we have some tests in the old flavor and some in the
> new flavor in the back branches, which might get confusing.

That works for back-patching entire new test scripts, but not for adding
some cases to an existing script, which I think is more common.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Fix PostgreSQL::Test aliasing for Perl v5.10.1.

  2. For PostgreSQL::Test compatibility, alias entire package symbol tables.

  3. Make PostgresNode easily subclassable