Re: pg_dump --split patch

David Wilson <david.t.wilson@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com> wrote:
>> I didn't include the arguments in the file name, as it would lead to very
>> long file names unless truncated, and since the problem is very limited, I
>> think we shouldn't include it. It's cleaner with just the name part of the
>> tag in the file name.

> Why not place all overloads of a function within the same file? Then,
> assuming you order them deterministically within that file, we sidestep the
> file naming issue and maintain useful diff capabilities, since a diff of the
> function's file will show additions or removals of various overloaded
> versions.

If you've solved the deterministic-ordering problem, then this entire
patch is quite useless.  You can just run a normal dump and diff it.
        regards, tom lane