> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 October 2005 16:57 > To: Dave Page > Cc: Robert Treat; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Vote needed: revert beta2 changes or not? > > "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes: > >> Also they > >> don't need to modify > >> scripts, can't they just write thier own pg_cacnel_backend to > >> return int > >> based on the boolean version? > > > No, because you can't overload based purely on return type. > I suppose > > they could write it to take an int8 pid or something, but > that's a hack. > > Well, how many people want to vote for Andreas' suggestion of having > both > > int pg_cancel_backend(int) > bool pg_backend_cancel(int) > > with the former deprecated but still there for backward compatibility?
Oh no, what have I started!! :-) Let's just make the change and let the few people affected modify their scripts, otherwise this is gonna get very messy. Thankfully I think we've all learnt from this :-) Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
