On Fri, 2021-01-08 at 09:49 -0500, Jack Orenstein wrote:
> I am writing an extension. The docs describe a _PG_init function that will be 
> called upon
> loading the shared library (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/xfunc-c.html). 
> I include
> postgres.h and fmgr.h, but on compilation, _PG_init has not been declared.
>  Grepping the postgres source, _PG_init appears to be involved in programming 
> language
>  extensions, and the function is declared in plpgsql.h. Looking at various 
> contrib modules, I see
> explicit declarations of _PG_init(void). 
> 
> Should _PG_init(void) be declared in someplace included by postgres.h or 
> fmgr.h?

It is provided by your module, so it must be declared by your module:

extern void _PG_init(void);

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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