Re: pq_setkeepalives* functions

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> This is making things worse, not better.  You have just changed the
> >> behavior, and not in a good way.  Formerly these were no-ops on
> >> a unix socket connection, and now they can throw errors.
> 
> > Is this the proper way to fix the issue?  Patch attached.
> 
> AFAICS there is no issue, and the code is fine as-is.
> 
> Modifying the "get" functions as you propose would be harmless, but it's
> also not an improvement, since it would result in redundant code in the
> functions when those macros aren't defined.
> 
> I don't see any real advantage in making the set and get functions
> look slightly more alike.  They're doing different things.

OK, thanks for the analysis.

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