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Having different build systems producing different contents of the NodeTag enum would be catastrophic for extension ABI stability. But that ordering depends on the order in which gen_node_support.pl processes its input files. It seems too fragile to let the Makefiles, MSVC build scripts, and soon meson build scripts all set this order independently. As a klugy but serviceable solution, put a canonical copy of the file list into gen_node_support.pl itself, and check that against the files given on the command line. Also, while it's fine to add and delete node tags during development, we must not let the assigned NodeTag values change unexpectedly in stable branches. Add a cross-check that can be enabled when a branch is forked off (or later, but that is a time when we're unlikely to miss doing it). It just checks that the last auto-assigned number doesn't change, which is simplistic but will catch the most likely sorts of mistakes. From time to time we do need to add a node tag in a stable branch. To support doing that without changing the branch's auto-assigned tag numbers, invent pg_node_attr(nodetag_number(VALUE)) which can be used to give such a node a hand-assigned tag above the last auto-assigned one. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1249010.1657574337@sss.pgh.pa.us
PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: https://www.postgresql.org/download/ See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at https://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.