Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
Date: 2008-04-08 20:32:03
Message-ID: 200804082032.m38KW3A09621@momjian.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 02:34:51PM -0400, Andrew Chernow wrote:
> > This idea is for the libpq user, although driver writers could find it
> > handy as well. Really, anyone who uses libpq directly. That's the real
> > audience.
>
> Quite, I'm writing array parsing code right now and this would make my
> life much easier too. However, my question is:
>
> > I am not sure why Tom is worried about source code size, normally the
> > concern is linked size.
>
> How tight is the link to libpq? Could it exist as a seperate library:
> libpqbin or something? Still in core, just only used by the people who
> want it.

The idea of pgfoundry was that it would be an independent library and
could be used by people who need it.

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