Re: printTable API (was: Show INHERIT in \du)

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Brendan Jurd wrote:
> On 31/03/2008, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > There isn't any functional difference there.  I am not sure, but I think
> >  the reason print.c has its own malloc wrappers instead of depending on
> >  common.c's is that we use print.c in some bin/scripts/ programs that
> >  do not want common.c too.
> >
> 
> Okay, thanks (to Heikki as well) for the clarification.  It's good to
> know they are functionally equivalent.  I'll do some snooping in
> /scripts to get a better view of the situation.
> 
> >  >  2. describe only does an mbvalidate for WIN32, but print does it in all cases.
> >
> > I don't know why describe only does that for WIN32; it looks
> >  inconsistent to me too.  Possibly some trolling in the CVS history would
> >  give a clue about this.
> >
> 
> Alright, I'll be spending some quality time with 'annotate' then =)
> 
> >
> >  If you're not actively working on this patch right now, I am going to go
> >  ahead and commit the other open patches for describe.c.  If you do have
> >  a patch in progress, I'm willing to hold off to avoid any merge
> >  conflicts.  Let me know.
> >
> 
> I didn't get much beyond sketching out my struct.  Now that I have
> answers to the questions I raised above, I can push forward with the
> patch, but I wouldn't expect to have anything to submit for another
> couple of days at least.
> 
> Short answer: I have zero objections to you committing those patches.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> BJ
> 
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