Re: testing HS/SR - 1 vs 2 performance

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 09:51 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> >
>> > Adding an assertion isn't going to do much because it's unlikely anybody
>> > is going to be running for 2^31 transactions with asserts enabled.
>> >
>
>> I think the assert is a good idea.  If there's no real problem here,
>> the assert won't trip.  It's just a safety precaution.
>
> If you believe that, then I think you should add this to all the other
> places in the current server where that assumption is made without
> assertion being added. As a safety precaution.
>

Is that not a good idea that (at least for dev-builds, like with
enable-cassert) the xid counter start at like 2^31 - 1000 ? It could
help catch some bugs.

Greetings
Marcin Mańk