Jeremy Drake <pgsql@jdrake.com> writes:
> * Put together a patch to add these functions to core. I could put them
> directly in regexp.c, so the support functions could stay static. My
> concern here is that I don't know if there are any functions currently
> in core with OUT parameters.
As of 8.2 there are.
If we are going to include these I would vote for core not contrib
status, exactly to avoid having to export those functions.
regards, tom lane