Move the decode parameter to start_replication().

It makes more sense this way, because otherwise it must be passed to every call
of `read_message()`.

doc/src/extras.rst

@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ replication::
      connection_factory=psycopg2.extras.LogicalReplicationConnection)
   cur = conn.cursor()
   try:
-      cur.start_replication(slot_name='pytest')
+      cur.start_replication(slot_name='pytest', decode=True)  # test_decoding produces textual output
   except psycopg2.ProgrammingError:
       cur.create_replication_slot('pytest', output_plugin='test_decoding')
-      cur.start_replication(slot_name='pytest')
+      cur.start_replication(slot_name='pytest', decode=True)
 
   class DemoConsumer(object):
       def __call__(self, msg):
@@ -260,9 +260,12 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
 
     .. attribute:: payload
 
-        The actual data received from the server.  An instance of either
+        The actual data received from the server.
-        ``str`` or ``unicode``, depending on the method that was used to
+
-        produce this message.
+        An instance of either `bytes()` or `unicode()`, depending on the value
+        of `decode` option passed to `ReplicationCursor.start_replication()`
+        on the connection.  See `ReplicationCursor.read_message()` for
+        details.
 
     .. attribute:: data_size
 
@@ -336,7 +339,7 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
         Replication slots are a feature of PostgreSQL server starting with
         version 9.4.
 
-    .. method:: start_replication(slot_name=None, slot_type=None, start_lsn=0, timeline=0, options=None)
+    .. method:: start_replication(slot_name=None, slot_type=None, start_lsn=0, timeline=0, options=None, decode=False)
 
         Start replication on the connection.
 
@@ -352,6 +355,8 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
                          can only be used with physical replication)
         :param options: a dictionary of options to pass to logical replication
                         slot (not allowed with physical replication)
+        :param decode: a flag indicating that unicode conversion should be
+                       performed on messages received from the server
 
         If a *slot_name* is specified, the slot must exist on the server and
         its type must match the replication type used.
@@ -387,6 +392,11 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
         on the output plugin that was used to create the slot.  Must be
         `!None` for physical replication.
 
+        If *decode* is set to `!True` the messages received from the server
+        would be converted according to the connection `~connection.encoding`.
+        *This parameter should not be set with physical replication or with
+        logical replication plugins that produce binary output.*
+
         This function constructs a ``START_REPLICATION`` command and calls
         `start_replication_expert()` internally.
 
@@ -395,43 +405,40 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
         `read_message()` in case of :ref:`asynchronous connection
         <async-support>`.
 
-    .. method:: start_replication_expert(command)
+    .. method:: start_replication_expert(command, decode=False)
 
-        Start replication on the connection using provided ``START_REPLICATION``
+        Start replication on the connection using provided
-        command.
+        ``START_REPLICATION`` command.  See `start_replication()` for
+        description of *decode* parameter.
 
-    .. method:: consume_stream(consume, decode=False, keepalive_interval=10)
+    .. method:: consume_stream(consume, keepalive_interval=10)
 
         :param consume: a callable object with signature ``consume(msg)``
-        :param decode: a flag indicating that unicode conversion should be
-                       performed on the messages received from the server
         :param keepalive_interval: interval (in seconds) to send keepalive
                                    messages to the server
 
         This method can only be used with synchronous connection.  For
         asynchronous connections see `read_message()`.
 
-        Before calling this method to consume the stream use
+        Before using this method to consume the stream call
         `start_replication()` first.
 
         This method enters an endless loop reading messages from the server
-        and passing them to ``consume()``, then waiting for more messages from
+        and passing them to ``consume()`` one at a time, then waiting for more
-        the server.  In order to make this method break out of the loop and
+        messages from the server.  In order to make this method break out of
-        return, ``consume()`` can throw a `StopReplication` exception.  Any
+        the loop and return, ``consume()`` can throw a `StopReplication`
-        unhandled exception will make it break out of the loop as well.
+        exception.  Any unhandled exception will make it break out of the loop
+        as well.
 
-        If *decode* is set to `!True` the messages read from the server are
+        The *msg* object passed to ``consume()`` is an instance of
-        converted according to the connection `~connection.encoding`.  This
+        `ReplicationMessage` class.  See `read_message()` for details about
-        parameter should not be set with physical replication.
+        message decoding.
 
         This method also sends keepalive messages to the server in case there
         were no new data from the server for the duration of
         *keepalive_interval* (in seconds).  The value of this parameter must
         be set to at least 1 second, but it can have a fractional part.
 
-        The *msg* objects passed to ``consume()`` are instances of
-        `ReplicationMessage` class.
-
         After processing certain amount of messages the client should send a
         confirmation message to the server.  This should be done by calling
         `send_feedback()` method on the corresponding replication cursor.  A
@@ -452,7 +459,7 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
                         msg.cursor.send_feedback(flush_lsn=msg.data_start)
 
             consumer = LogicalStreamConsumer()
-            cur.consume_stream(consumer, decode=True)
+            cur.consume_stream(consumer)
 
         .. warning::
 
@@ -510,17 +517,21 @@ The individual messages in the replication stream are represented by
     for better control, in particular to `~select` on multiple sockets.  The
     following methods are provided for asynchronous operation:
 
-    .. method:: read_message(decode=True)
+    .. method:: read_message()
 
-        :param decode: a flag indicating that unicode conversion should be
+        Try to read the next message from the server without blocking and
-                       performed on the data received from the server
+        return an instance of `ReplicationMessage` or `!None`, in case there
+        are no more data messages from the server at the moment.
 
         This method should be used in a loop with asynchronous connections
-        after calling `start_replication()` once.
+        (after calling `start_replication()` once).  For synchronous
+        connections see `consume_stream()`.
 
-        It tries to read the next message from the server without blocking and
+        The returned message's `ReplicationMessage.payload` is an instance of
-        returns an instance of `ReplicationMessage` or `!None`, in case there
+        `unicode()` decoded according to connection `connection.encoding`
-        are no more data messages from the server at the moment.
+        *iff* `decode` was set to `!True` in the initial call to
+        `start_replication()` on this connection, otherwise it is an instance
+        of `bytes()` with no decoding.
 
         It is expected that the calling code will call this method repeatedly
         in order to consume all of the messages that might have been buffered

lib/extras.py

@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class ReplicationCursor(_replicationCursor):
         self.execute(command)
 
     def start_replication(self, slot_name=None, slot_type=None, start_lsn=0,
-                          timeline=0, options=None):
+                          timeline=0, options=None, decode=False):
         """Start replication stream."""
 
         command = "START_REPLICATION "
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ class ReplicationCursor(_replicationCursor):
                 command += "%s %s" % (quote_ident(k, self), _A(str(v)))
             command += ")"
 
-        self.start_replication_expert(command)
+        self.start_replication_expert(command, decode=decode)
 
     # allows replication cursors to be used in select.select() directly
     def fileno(self):

psycopg/pqpath.c

@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ exit:
    are never returned to the caller.
  */
 PyObject *
-pq_read_replication_message(replicationCursorObject *repl, int decode)
+pq_read_replication_message(replicationCursorObject *repl)
 {
     cursorObject *curs = &repl->cur;
     connectionObject *conn = curs->conn;
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ pq_read_replication_message(replicationCursorObject *repl, int decode)
     PyObject *str = NULL, *result = NULL;
     replicationMessageObject *msg = NULL;
 
-    Dprintf("pq_read_replication_message(decode=%d)", decode);
+    Dprintf("pq_read_replication_message");
 
     consumed = 0;
 retry:
@@ -1629,8 +1629,7 @@ retry:
 
         Dprintf("pq_read_replication_message: >>%.*s<<", data_size, buffer + hdr);
 
-        /* XXX it would be wise to check if it's really a logical replication */
+        if (repl->decode) {
-        if (decode) {
             str = PyUnicode_Decode(buffer + hdr, data_size, conn->codec, NULL);
         } else {
             str = Bytes_FromStringAndSize(buffer + hdr, data_size);
@@ -1730,8 +1729,7 @@ pq_send_replication_feedback(replicationCursorObject *repl, int reply_requested)
    manages to send keepalive messages to the server as needed.
 */
 int
-pq_copy_both(replicationCursorObject *repl, PyObject *consume, int decode,
+pq_copy_both(replicationCursorObject *repl, PyObject *consume, double keepalive_interval)
-             double keepalive_interval)
 {
     cursorObject *curs = &repl->cur;
     connectionObject *conn = curs->conn;
@@ -1752,7 +1750,7 @@ pq_copy_both(replicationCursorObject *repl, PyObject *consume, int decode,
     keep_intr.tv_usec = (keepalive_interval - keep_intr.tv_sec)*1.0e6;
 
     while (1) {
-        msg = pq_read_replication_message(repl, decode);
+        msg = pq_read_replication_message(repl);
         if (!msg) {
             goto exit;
         }

psycopg/pqpath.h

@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ RAISES HIDDEN void pq_complete_error(connectionObject *conn, PGresult **pgres,
 
 /* replication protocol support */
 HIDDEN int pq_copy_both(replicationCursorObject *repl, PyObject *consumer,
-                        int decode, double keepalive_interval);
+                        double keepalive_interval);
-HIDDEN PyObject *pq_read_replication_message(replicationCursorObject *repl, int decode);
+HIDDEN PyObject *pq_read_replication_message(replicationCursorObject *repl);
 HIDDEN int pq_send_replication_feedback(replicationCursorObject *repl, int reply_requested);
 
 #endif /* !defined(PSYCOPG_PQPATH_H) */

psycopg/replication_cursor.h

@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ extern HIDDEN PyTypeObject replicationCursorType;
 typedef struct replicationCursorObject {
     cursorObject cur;
 
-    int         started:1;          /* if replication is started */
+    int         started:1;        /* if replication is started */
-    int         consuming:1;        /* if running the consume loop */
+    int         consuming:1;      /* if running the consume loop */
+    int         decode:1;         /* if we should use character decoding on the messages */
 
-    struct timeval last_io;       /* timestamp of the last exchange with the server */
+    struct timeval last_io  ;     /* timestamp of the last exchange with the server */
     struct timeval keepalive_interval;   /* interval for keepalive messages in replication mode */
 
     XLogRecPtr  write_lsn;        /* LSN stats for replication feedback messages */

psycopg/replication_cursor_type.c

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #include "datetime.h"
 
 
-#define psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert_doc                                \
+#define psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert_doc \
-"start_replication_expert(command, writer=None, keepalive_interval=10) -- Start replication stream with a directly given command."
+"start_replication_expert(command, decode=False) -- Start replication with a given command."
 
 static PyObject *
 psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert(replicationCursorObject *self,
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert(replicationCursorObject *self,
     connectionObject *conn = self->cur.conn;
     PyObject *res = NULL;
     char *command;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"command", NULL};
+    long int decode = 0;
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"command", "decode", NULL};
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s", kwlist, &command)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|l", kwlist, &command, &decode)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -60,17 +61,15 @@ psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert(replicationCursorObject *self,
     EXC_IF_TPC_PREPARED(conn, start_replication_expert);
     EXC_IF_REPLICATING(self, start_replication_expert);
 
-    Dprintf("psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert: %s", command);
+    Dprintf("psyco_repl_curs_start_replication_expert: '%s'; decode: %d", command, decode);
-
-    /*    self->copysize = 0;*/
-
-    gettimeofday(&self->last_io, NULL);
 
     if (pq_execute(curs, command, conn->async, 1 /* no_result */, 1 /* no_begin */) >= 0) {
         res = Py_None;
         Py_INCREF(res);
 
         self->started = 1;
+        self->decode = decode;
+        gettimeofday(&self->last_io, NULL);
     }
 
     return res;
@@ -85,12 +84,11 @@ psyco_repl_curs_consume_stream(replicationCursorObject *self,
 {
     cursorObject *curs = &self->cur;
     PyObject *consume = NULL, *res = NULL;
-    int decode = 0;
     double keepalive_interval = 10;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"consume", "decode", "keepalive_interval", NULL};
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"consume", "keepalive_interval", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|id", kwlist,
-                                     &consume, &decode, &keepalive_interval)) {
+                                     &consume, &keepalive_interval)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ psyco_repl_curs_consume_stream(replicationCursorObject *self,
 
     self->consuming = 1;
 
-    if (pq_copy_both(self, consume, decode, keepalive_interval) >= 0) {
+    if (pq_copy_both(self, consume, keepalive_interval) >= 0) {
         res = Py_None;
         Py_INCREF(res);
     }
@@ -126,27 +124,19 @@ psyco_repl_curs_consume_stream(replicationCursorObject *self,
 }
 
 #define psyco_repl_curs_read_message_doc \
-"read_message(decode=True) -- Try reading a replication message from the server (non-blocking)."
+"read_message() -- Try reading a replication message from the server (non-blocking)."
 
 static PyObject *
-psyco_repl_curs_read_message(replicationCursorObject *self,
+psyco_repl_curs_read_message(replicationCursorObject *self)
-                             PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
     cursorObject *curs = &self->cur;
-    int decode = 1;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"decode", NULL};
 
     EXC_IF_CURS_CLOSED(curs);
     EXC_IF_GREEN(read_message);
     EXC_IF_TPC_PREPARED(self->cur.conn, read_message);
     EXC_IF_NOT_REPLICATING(self, read_message);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|i", kwlist,
+    return pq_read_replication_message(self);
-                                     &decode)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return pq_read_replication_message(self, decode);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -267,7 +257,7 @@ static struct PyMethodDef replicationCursorObject_methods[] = {
     {"consume_stream", (PyCFunction)psyco_repl_curs_consume_stream,
      METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, psyco_repl_curs_consume_stream_doc},
     {"read_message", (PyCFunction)psyco_repl_curs_read_message,
-     METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, psyco_repl_curs_read_message_doc},
+     METH_NOARGS, psyco_repl_curs_read_message_doc},
     {"send_feedback", (PyCFunction)psyco_repl_curs_send_feedback,
      METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, psyco_repl_curs_send_feedback_doc},
     {"flush_feedback", (PyCFunction)psyco_repl_curs_flush_feedback,
@@ -289,6 +279,7 @@ replicationCursor_setup(replicationCursorObject* self)
 {
     self->started = 0;
     self->consuming = 0;
+    self->decode = 0;
 
     self->write_lsn = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
     self->flush_lsn = InvalidXLogRecPtr;