Re: The PostgreSQL C Dialect

I did use Claude Opus 4.8 to expand on my rather cryptic and uninteresting notes into something more readable.

I did use a different model to check everything, which was me. :-)

> On Jun 22, 2026, at 15:10, Roberto Mello <roberto(dot)mello(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Very nice.
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> Given the many emdashes in the text, can I ask if you used an LLM to write it? If so, which one?
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> And importantly, if an LLM was used (no issues there) did you ask a different model to double-check every statement it makes, just to be sure?
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> Thanks,
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> Roberto
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> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 1:39 PM Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com <mailto:xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>> wrote:
>> When I was writing my first PostgreSQL extension, I was at sea on a lot of the conventions that make up the "PostgreSQL C Dialect." I've taken my notes, added some additional things that confused me, and put it up on the wiki for review:
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>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/The_PostgreSQL_C_Dialect
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>> Feedback welcome, of course!
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