=?UTF-8?B?T2xlZyBUc2VsZWJyb3Zza2l5?= <[email protected]> writes:
>> While debugging that I got annoyed that a match failure results
>> in a timeout exit with absolutely no data logged about what output
>> the test got. So v3-0001 also changes timeout() --- which creates
>> a timeout that aborts the test --- to timer() --- which does what
>> the test author clearly expected, namely just stop waiting for
>> more input. (There's a thread somewhere around here about making
>> that change more globally, but I went ahead and did it here.)
> I've found your thread about this - [1], and I agree, using
> timer() is better here, we get the stdout and stderr of a timed-out
> query
Thanks for digging that up. After re-reading that thread I'm feeling
nervous about changing timeout() to timer() in something we need to
back-patch, so I'll leave that change out of the committed patch.
We ought to raise the priority of making that happen, though.
> Also, thanks for making both "pump until" blocks identical, it seemed
> a little strange to have them be different.
Yeah, I couldn't see a reason for that either.
regards, tom lane
