Re: pgsql: Allow concurrent-safe open() and fopen() in frontend code for Wi

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> I have spent a large portion of my morning trying to test all the
> solutions proposed, and a winner shows up.  ...

> - win32-open-laurenz.patch, which enforces to text mode only if binary
> mode is not defined, which maps strictly to what pre-11 is doing when
> calling the system _open or _fopen.  And surprisingly, this is proving
> to pass all the tests I ran: bincheck (including pgbench and pg_dump),
> upgradecheck, recoverycheck, check, etc.  initdb --pwfile is not
> complaining to me either.

I'm OK with this approach.  I wonder though what happens if you take
away the "#ifdef FRONTEND" and just enforce that one or the other mode
is selected always.  That would seem like a sensible solution rather
than a wart to me ...

            regards, tom lane