Re: pgsql: Rename files and headers related to index AM

Hi,

On 2019-12-26 11:46:06 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2019-Dec-25, Michael Paquier wrote:
> 
> > Rename files and headers related to index AM
> > 
> > The following renaming is done so as source files related to index
> > access methods are more consistent with table access methods (the
> > original names used for index AMs ware too generic, and could be
> > confused as including features related to table AMs):
> > - amapi.h -> indexam.h.
> > - amapi.c -> indexamapi.c.  Here we have an equivalent with
> > backend/access/table/tableamapi.c.
> > - amvalidate.c -> indexamvalidate.c.
> > - amvalidate.h -> indexamvalidate.h.
> > - genam.c -> indexgenam.c.
> > - genam.h -> indexgenam.h.
> 
> I think this commit was too hasty.  There's too many people distracted
> by holidays.

+1


> I suppose that this renaming is going to impact all third-party
> extensions that use those headers.  If there are no complaints to this,
> that means we can do some more invasive header refactoring, unimpeded by
> such complaints either.

Yea, this seems like a much bigger move than warranted. Especially
without a backward compat header put into place.

Imo this ought to be reverted.

Greetings,

Andres Freund