Re: Backend Question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Backend Question
Date: 2000-07-03 14:47:07
Message-ID: 19213.962635627@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com> writes:
>> You should realize, however, that all that backend-PQexec code is dead
>> code and has been for a long time.

> Why is it dead code? Why is it no longer necessary?

It's dead code because it's not called from anywhere.

Once upon a time it was intended to be called by dynamically-loaded
C functions, but the SPI interface superseded it a long time ago.

The only reason for not ripping it out is the faint possibility that
somewhere out there is someone with hoary old C-function code that
still does queries via the backend-PQexec interface instead of SPI.
But considering that backend-PQexec has been undocumented at least
since Berkeley days, I rather doubt it.

regards, tom lane

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