Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Fix for plpython functions; return true/false for boolean, - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Fix for plpython functions; return true/false for boolean,
Date
Msg-id 20070131133424.GB22158@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Fix for plpython functions; return true/false for boolean,  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Hannu Krosing wrote:
> > Officially by who ?
> >
> > 2.3 was the first version to introduce bool as a subtype of int, in
> > 2.2.3 True and False were introduced as two variables pointing to
> > integers 1 and 0.
> >
> > So to make your patch ok on all python versions, just make it
> > conditional on python version being 2.3 or bigger, and return int for
> > pre-2.3.
>
> I thought about suggesting that, but do we want plpython to have
> different result behavior based on the version of python used?  I didn't
> think so.

The alternative would be, what, including the whole python source in our
distribution?  Because the Python guys themselves changed the behavior
depending on the version.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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