libpgtcl and TCL_ARRAYS

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Reinhard Max <max(at)suse(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: libpgtcl and TCL_ARRAYS
Date: 2001-07-19 18:58:40
Message-ID: 24959.995569120@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Reinhard Max <max(at)suse(dot)de> writes:
> Can anybody tell me, if that TCL_ARRAYS stuff is still good for
> something? If I could remove it, TCL_UTF8 would be less complex at
> some places, because I'd only have to cover two instead of four cases.

TCL_ARRAYS is a kluge in my humble opinion, but we haven't really
settled on something better --- in particular, the challenge is to
fix it without breaking other things. See the mailing list archives
for prior discussions, notably the thread starting at

http://fts.postgresql.org/db/mw/msg.html?mid=40589

Unless you want to tackle the problem of providing a replacement
feature, I'd recommend just adding the extra code :-(

regards, tom lane

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