Re: pg_dump / copy bugs with "big lines" ?

On 09/03/2016 02:21 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>
> A few minor comments regarding the patch:
>
> 1) CopyStartSend seems pretty pointless - It only has one function call
> in it, and is called on exactly one place (and all other places simply
> call allowLongStringInfo directly). I'd get rid of this function and
> replace the call in CopyOneRowTo(() with allowLongStringInfo().
>
> 2) allowlong seems awkward, allowLong or allow_long would be better
>
> 3) Why does resetStringInfo reset the allowLong flag? Are there any
> cases when we want/need to forget the flag value? I don't think so, so
> let's simply not reset it and get rid of the allowLongStringInfo()
> calls. Maybe it'd be better to invent a new makeLongStringInfo() method
> instead, which would make it clear that the flag value is permanent.
>
> 4) HandleParallelMessage needs a tweak, as it uses msg->len in a log
> message, but with '%d' and not '%ld' (as needed after changing the type
> to Size).
>

5) The comment at allowLongStringInfo talks about allocLongStringInfo 
(i.e. wrong function name).


regards

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