Re: C vs. C++ contributions

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Marc Lavergne <mlavergne-pub(at)richlava(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: C vs. C++ contributions
Date: 2002-07-23 23:16:29
Message-ID: 200207232316.g6NNGTW10341@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Marc Lavergne <mlavergne-pub(at)richlava(dot)com> writes:
> > never any mention of C++ (libpq++ excepted). So, at a risk of stating
> > the obvious (and I'm 99.99% sure I am), does backend code need to be
> > submitted as C even if it's for an entirely NEW module?
>
> Backend code must be C; we do not want to deal with C++ portability
> issues.

Is it something that could be in /conrib?

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