Re: libpq object hooks

"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The problem is the functions PQhookData(conn, hookname) and
> PQresultHookData(result, hookName). We need these to work in
> functions that are not callbacks. If we eliminate hookname
> completely, there is no way for libpq to know which private state we
> are asking for.

Well, depending on a hook name for this is broken-by-design anyway,
because there is no way for two independently written libraries to
be sure they don't choose conflicting hook names. So the need for
a hook name has to go away.

It might work to use the address of the hook callback function as
a key for retrieving the associated void * pointer. You'd need to
not register the same callback function more than once per object,
but from what I gather here you don't need to.

regards, tom lane