Re: 7.3 --> 7.4 C Functions

From: Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>
To: "Nigel J(dot) Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.3 --> 7.4 C Functions
Date: 2003-12-10 16:55:15
Message-ID: m3ad60fwiq.fsf@conexa.fciencias.unam.mx
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"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:

> I'm considering writing some functions in C. This is a collection of
> approximately 230 functions, mostly in plpgsql at the moment. Number of lines
> of plpgsql is approximately 6500

That's a lot of code. A nice thing would be to write a plpgsql -> C
translator (kind of compiler). Many of the requiered work is already
done by the plpgsql handler and it sounds much more fun and useful in
the long term. Just my $0.2.

Regards,
Manuel.

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