Re: BUG #8608: ECPG: sizeof() in EXEC SQL DECLARE SECTION - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 03:59:40PM +0100, Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
> I think it's needlessly narrows the scope of the problem.
> Consider this code:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> #define hide_size_of_var sizeof
> ...

I assume you'd want to put this defined name into a declare section, right?
Well, that's what EXEC SQL DECLARE is for, isn't it?

> I think you should pass everything through as is inside the '[' and ']' and
> let the C compiler fail if the code is not valid.

I prefer catching as much as possible without re-implementing a C-compiler of course.

Michael
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