Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
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Msg-id 8690.1207691148@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a  (Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a  (Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com>)
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Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com> writes:
>> I gave this a lot of thought and I do think we could abstract this.  The 
>> idea is to complie it in or out.

[shrug...] So the packagers will compile it out, and you're still hosed,
or at least any users who'd like to use it are.

> Forgot to say: There is stuff in PGconn, PGresult, PQclear, PQfinish 
> (maybe a couple other places).

I didn't see anything there that seemed that it *had* to be inside
libpq, and certainly not anything that couldn't be handled with a
small hook or two.
        regards, tom lane


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