Re: Initial refactoring of plperl.c [PATCH]

From: Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Initial refactoring of plperl.c [PATCH]
Date: 2009-11-30 20:14:25
Message-ID: 20091130201425.GB1989@timac.local
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:50:41PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> Tim Bunce wrote:
>> In summary, changing between multiplicity and non-multiplicity libperls
>> after building postgresql isn't safe or supported.
>
> OK, good. Are you adding a check at load time that the library loaded is
> what we expect?

I won't think there's a need. The load will fail with undefined symbols
(or rather it will once the PL_exit_flags |= PERL_EXIT_DESTRUCT_END
change in the next patch gets added).

Tim.

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