Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
Date: 2008-04-08 21:45:48
Message-ID: 8690.1207691148@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com> writes:
>> I gave this a lot of thought and I do think we could abstract this. The
>> idea is to complie it in or out.

[shrug...] So the packagers will compile it out, and you're still hosed,
or at least any users who'd like to use it are.

> Forgot to say: There is stuff in PGconn, PGresult, PQclear, PQfinish
> (maybe a couple other places).

I didn't see anything there that seemed that it *had* to be inside
libpq, and certainly not anything that couldn't be handled with a
small hook or two.

regards, tom lane

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