Hi,
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 12:39:36PM -0700, Christophe Pettus wrote:
> When I was writing my first PostgreSQL extension, I was at sea on a lot of the conventions that make up the
"PostgreSQLC Dialect." I've taken my notes, added some additional things that confused me, and put it up on the wiki
forreview:
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/The_PostgreSQL_C_Dialect
>
> Feedback welcome, of course!
Thanks for doing this, that's cool work!
One comment about "The frontend/backend split and portability", what about adding
that (see 49bff412)
"
Headers never include postgres.h, postgres_fe.h, or c.h themselves.
"
say, before the "The FRONTEND macro" bullet?
Regards,
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Bertrand Drouvot
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
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