Re: [PATCHES] Changes in /contrib/fulltextindex

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Florian Helmberger <f(dot)helmberger(at)uptime(dot)at>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Changes in /contrib/fulltextindex
Date: 2002-07-12 03:34:43
Message-ID: 200207120334.g6C3Yh809132@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Yeah, I've got it Bruce - I still haven't had time to look into it and I
> really don't know what to do about the backward compatibility issue. How do
> I set up 2 identically named C functions with different parameter lists?

Oh, that is easy. When you CREATE FUNCTION, you just specify the
different params. However, if you are calling it _from_ C, then it is
impossible. Just break backward compatibility, I think was Tom's
suggestion, and I agree.

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