| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Why does load_external_function() return PGFunction? |
| Date: | 2018-03-26 20:05:54 |
| Message-ID: | 20180326200554.jwkpv23wt2h6ndcl@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2018-03-26 15:26:00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > On 2018-02-06 15:43:29 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> void* isn't necessarily compatible with function pointers --- there are
> >> platforms where they're physically different widths, though possibly
> >> you'd never get PG to run on such hardware anyway.
>
> > Btw, given that we store function pointers in datums, that ship has
> > sailed a long while ago, no?
>
> We do? Data pointers, sure, but I can't think of any use of the other.
It seems I've misremembered. For some reason I was quite certain that
the resowner callback facility, dynamic bgworkers, and fdws did so,
but...
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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