Re: Mark all GUC variable as PGDLLIMPORT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:15:04AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> By that argument, *every* globally-visible variable should be marked
>> PGDLLIMPORT.  But the mere fact that two backend .c files need to access

> No, Julien says 99% need only the GUCs, so that is not the argument I am
> making.

That's a claim unbacked by any evidence that I've seen.  More to
the point, we already have a mechanism that extensions can/should
use to read and write GUC settings, and it's not direct access.

            regards, tom lane