Re: [PATCHES] writing new regexp functions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] writing new regexp functions
Date: 2007-02-07 14:23:58
Message-ID: 12179.1170858238@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com> writes:
> * Put together a patch to add these functions to core. I could put them
> directly in regexp.c, so the support functions could stay static. My
> concern here is that I don't know if there are any functions currently
> in core with OUT parameters.

As of 8.2 there are.

If we are going to include these I would vote for core not contrib
status, exactly to avoid having to export those functions.

regards, tom lane

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