Re: Obfuscated definitions of database objects

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Charles N(dot) Charotti" <ccharotti(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Obfuscated definitions of database objects
Date: 2007-08-24 16:43:50
Message-ID: 46CF0AC6.9070004@commandprompt.com
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Charles N. Charotti wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I want to know if there is any plan in future versions
> of PG to obfuscate the source code of some objects of
> the database, specially the functions of the backend ?

Functions in the backend written with most of the standard pl langauges
are interpreted. Thus no, they are plain text.

If you need obfuscation (and you don't, you just think you do, no
offense) use C.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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