Re: WIP: plpgsql source code obfuscation - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: WIP: plpgsql source code obfuscation
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Msg-id 200804071332.m37DWTs13432@momjian.us
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In response to Re: WIP: plpgsql source code obfuscation  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >> Added to TODO:
> >> o Add ability to obfuscate function bodies
>
> > For the record. I think this todo is bogus.
>
> For the record, I think so too ;-).  The agreed-on TODO wording makes no
> mention of what an acceptable implementation would look like, and that's
> because there very possibly *is* no generally-acceptable implementation.
> (Though if someone has a bright new idea, I'm sure we'd all listen.)
> The point of the TODO entry is just to acknowledge that this is an issue
> for some folk, and that a real solution would be welcomed.

We could list it as a feature we don't want, but I don't think that is
accurate.

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