Requesting an explanation of the shared property in the parameter of the internal function parseOptions.

[yurkimus]

I don't see the shared property documented, so my question is simple: Is it kept for backward compatibility, or does it serve no purpose and can be removed?"

postgres/src/index.js

Lines 430 to 431 in 089214e

	if (a && a.shared)
	return a

[porsager]

It's a property used internally. Can't be removed - not part of a public api :)

[yurkimus]

Thank you for the response.

I have started exploring the code to check if the following will be possible:

In short: url as URL-like object in parseUrl

In pseudo-code:

instance = new URL(...)

Postgres(a, b) => parseOptions(a, b) => parseUrl(a),
where `a` is an URL-like object, e.g.: a URL instance, globalThis.location or { toString: () => 'postgres://host...' }

There is also a URL.canParse method to provide a check for that.

Since we are following specifications, it is going to work succesfully:

URL.canParse('postgres://domain:5432')

or

URL.canParse({ toString: () => 'postgres://domain:5432' })

Would it be possible to support this? What do you think?

[yurkimus]

@porsager, what do you think?