Re: elog() proposal

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > OK, so elog(ERROR, ...) and PGError(msg, ...) would be the same.  Makes
> > sense.  Should we consider hiding these in macros so they really still
> > call elog(ERROR, ...) for backward compatiblity?
> 
> I would love to make them macros, but I don't know a portable way to
> create macros with variable numbers of arguments.  Do you feel like
> writing double parens?
> 
>     PGERROR((msg, ...))

Then we have to wonder what PGError is getting us that elog(ERROR)
isn't, except the ability to do internationalization based on the first
parameter.

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