Re: search_path vs extensions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: search_path vs extensions
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Msg-id 6A47AF24-4C11-4D7B-A44C-0D414AC5FAAF@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: search_path vs extensions  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-hackers
On May 29, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Yeah, to reiterate what I posted elsewhere, perhaps it'd be a good  
> idea to
> give up on the search path idea altogether and think more in terms  
> of an
> import facility like Python, Java, and sometimes Perl have.

+1

Actually, Perl's is usually a file path. `use Foo::Bar::Baz;` triggers  
a search for Foo/Bar/Baz.pm unless Foo::Bar::Baz is already loaded.

Best,

David


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