Re: actualized SQL/PSM patch

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On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:55:45 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I actualized sql/psm patch. This patch can be downloaded from
> > http://www.pgsql.cz/patches/plpgpsm.diff.gz
>
> The fundamental problem I've got with this patch is that it adds 400K
> of new code (and that's just the code, not counting documentation or
> regression tests) that we'll have to maintain, to obtain a feature
> that so far as I've heard there is precisely zero demand for.

That is likely because everyone knew he was working on it. Consider
this my +1 for pl/psm support.

>
> The duplicativeness of the code with plpgsql doesn't make this
> prospect any more pleasant, either.

However, I do agree with you here. I would much prefer it be cleaned up
into its own space.

>
> The idea would be a lot easier to swallow if the code were refactored
> to avoid the duplication with plpgsql.

+1.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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