Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Do we actually use the function names in a meaningful way just for error
> messages that could come from multiple places, or it is petty much a
> hodge-podge?
I don't deny that it's a hodge-podge ;-). But we do have a huge number
of fairly similar messages, for example "foo: cache lookup failed for ..."
and the presence of the function name is a big leg up in diagnosing
stuff remotely. (If you can make it happen in a debugging situation,
gdb can provide the info, but that's a luxury we don't always have.)
I am sure there are some cases where the function name could be removed
today without loss of info, because the message is unique anyway. I was
objecting to the implication that you were going to engage in a massive
removal of function names without concern for loss of debuggability...
regards, tom lane