Re: PQfformat() and Composite Formatted Results

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
> > http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
> > It will be applied as soon as one of the PostgreSQL committers reviews
> > and approves it.
>
> There is 0 chance that this will be applied, because
>
> >> Therefore, it breaks compatibility with the existing PQ*Params() and
> >> PQ*Prepared() functions. (Use at your own risk.)

OK, patch removed, but you stated in email:

> On Dec 30 06:52, Tom Lane wrote:
> > It's not a protocol restriction, it's a libpq restriction made in the
> > name of keeping the API from getting too unwieldy. We could add more
> > entry points with different parameter lists to address this. I have
> > a feeling that refactoring the API of the query functions entirely
> > might be a better idea, though.

so I thought you were saying that we need to just pick new function
names or something.

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