On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 16:25 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:
> > > Also, after looking at the patch more closely, was there a good
> reason
> > > for making the hook intercept ExecutePlan rather than ExecutorRun?
> >
> > That raises the question of whether we should have ExecutorStart()
> and
> > ExecutorEnd() hooks as well, to round things off.
>
> Yeah, and also ExecutorRewind() hook. There are 4 interface functions
> in executor. My addin only needs Run hook because it doesn't modify
> the actual behavior of executor. However, when someone hope to replace
> the behavior, they need all of the hooks. (Is multi-threaded executor
> project still alive?)
No plans here, just thinking: if we do it, do it once.
The reason I wasn't thinking about the rewind part though was it seems
like someone might want to set up or tear down something at appropriate
times, so adding Start/End felt "obvious". Yes, lets have Rewind also.
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