> > >a lockmgr() option for "tell me if I could take this lock but don't > > >actually take it" would be even better. > > > > Eeek, can we please avoid adding even more weird cruft to lockmgr()? > > making that a separate function would be fine too. > > -Chuck we already have such a weird cruft. :-) it's called lockstatus(). YAMAMOTO Takashi