Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends
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In response to Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends  (Kurt Harriman <harriman@acm.org>)
Responses Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends  (Kurt Harriman <harriman@acm.org>)
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Kurt Harriman wrote:
>  > Have you considered writing a procedural language plugin for C++?
> 
> C++ can masquerade as C, so I don't think it needs a separate
> plugin.  Just tell PostgreSQL that your user-defined function
> is C even though you secretly know it is C++.

FYI, we have received patches morally equivalent to yours many times 
over the years, and they have all been rejected.  You might want to 
review the archives about that.


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