Re: ECPG

From: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ECPG
Date: 2002-09-24 13:37:43
Message-ID: 20020924133743.GA950@feivel.credativ.de
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On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 09:56:59AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> What about removing this feature that used to exist: being able to build
> ecpg with reasonably-standard tools?

How many people do use bison themselves? Most people I talked to use the
precompiled preproc.c.

> I think you should be setting more weight on that concern than on
> supporting obscure backend commands (some of which didn't even exist in
> 7.2, and therefore are certainly not depended on by any ecpg user...)

Which of course would also mean spending quite some time to remove
features that have to be added again once bison is released.

I will try to get some info from the bison people about the release
date.

Michael

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