Re: plperl/plperlu interaction

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Andrej Ricnik-Bay <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>, Jeff Trout <threshar(at)real(dot)jefftrout(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plperl/plperlu interaction
Date: 2006-10-26 21:59:14
Message-ID: 26136.1161899954@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> 3. Support separate interpreters if possible, refuse to run both plperl
>> and plperlu functions in the same backend if not.

> How would we decide which wins in the third case? "first in" seems
> rather arbitrary. If we went that way I'd probably plump for just
> plperlu to be allowed.

"First used in a given backend" was exactly what I had in mind.
Certainly it wouldn't be perfect, but your proposal seems to be
"disable plperl altogether if no separate-interpreter support",
which seems overly harsh. Especially for someone who doesn't
even want to install plperlu.

regards, tom lane

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