Re: [HACKERS] Cache query (PREPARE/EXECUTE)

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck@debis.com>
Cc: Karel Zak - Zakkr <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-02-23T23:38:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck) writes:
>     OTOH,  this new per-object-context stuff could hand down some
>     lifetime flag, let's say MCXT_UNTIL_STATEMENT, MCXT_UTIL_XEND
>     and  MCXT_UNTIL_INFINITY  to  start  from.

A good thing to keep in mind, but for the short term I'm not sure
we need it; the proposed new contexts are all for indefinite-lifetime
caches, so there's no chance to make them go away automatically.
Eventually we might have more uses for limited-lifetime contexts,
though.

Something else that needs to be looked at is how memory contexts
are tied to "portals" presently.  That mechanism probably needs
to be redesigned.  I have to admit I don't understand what it's
for...

			regards, tom lane