Re: libpq WSACleanup is not needed

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andrew Chernow wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> Ah, OK, so it does its own cleanup on last close, great. I agree a
>>> connection option for this would be good.
>>>
>> What would the option be? "wsainit = [enable | disable]"? Maybe it
>> should allow setting the version to load: "wsa_version = 2.0". Maybe
>> the two should be combined: "wsa_version = [default | disable | 2.0]".
>
> I assumed it would be like SSL, which is a libpq function call, not a
> connection option, e.g. PQinitSSL(), and I think true/false is probably
> enough. PQinitSSL info:
>
> If you are using <acronym>SSL</> inside your application (in addition
> to inside <application>libpq</application>), you can use
> <function>PQinitSSL(int)</> to tell <application>libpq</application>
> that the <acronym>SSL</> library has already been initialized by your
> application.
>

That smells dirty to me. How many PQinitXXX() functions are needed
before we drop the XXX and run with PQinit(...)?

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