Re: 7.3 --> 7.4 C Functions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Manuel Sugawara
Subject Re: 7.3 --> 7.4 C Functions
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In response to 7.3 --> 7.4 C Functions  ("Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk>)
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"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews@investsystems.co.uk> writes:

> I'm considering writing some functions in C. This is a collection of
> approximately 230 functions, mostly in plpgsql at the moment. Number of lines
> of plpgsql is approximately 6500

That's a lot of code. A nice thing would be to write a plpgsql -> C
translator (kind of compiler). Many of the requiered work is already
done by the plpgsql handler and it sounds much more fun and useful in
the long term. Just my $0.2.

Regards,
Manuel.

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