Re: Comment for UserMappingPasswordRequired in contrib/postgres_fdw

Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>

From: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>
To: Etsuro Fujita <etsuro.fujita@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-02-22T23:01:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 2/22/26 12:10 PM, Etsuro Fujita wrote:
>> /*
>>    * Checks the value of password_required, defaults to true
>>    * if not defined. The mapping has been pre-validated.
>>    */
> 
> I like your wording.  I am not a native speaker either, though.  This
> would be nitpicking, but I think it is better to clearly mention what
> the function returns.  How about modifying it a bit, like this?
> 
> /*
>   * Check and return the value of password_required, if defined; otherwise,
>   * return true, which is the default value of it.  The mapping has been
>   * pre-validated.
>   */
No strong opinion. I would be fine with either. I do not think saying 
that it returns is necessary since you can see that from the function 
definition but it does not really harm either.

-- 
Andreas Karlsson
Percona




Commits

  1. postgres_fdw: Fix thinko in comment for UserMappingPasswordRequired().