On 2016-03-29 12:38:48 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> > On 2016-03-29 12:28:40 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> If we invent LOG_ONLY (feel free to bikeshed the name), we could later
> redefine it as (LOG | ERR_HIDE_FROM_CLIENT), if we ever upgrade the
> underlying implementation to allow that. But I remain concerned about
> dealing with logic like "if (elevel < ERROR)", and I am unconvinced that
> there's a near-term use-case here that's compelling enough to justify
> finding all the places that do that.
Hm. Putting the distinct levels in the upper bits, and the flags in the
lower bits should deal with that concern? We already have a bunch of
pretty ugly bits about errors that shouldn't go to clients, I'd rather
have something that allows addressing those as well.