On Friday 05 December 2008 03:55, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Kurt Harriman wrote: > > Sometimes people would like to call C++ code in the PostgreSQL > > backend environment... for example, in user-defined functions, > > triggers, access methods. And there is sometimes a need for > > C++ code to call back into PostgreSQL's C functions, such as > > the SPI interface. > > Have you considered writing a procedural language plugin for C++? > PostgreSQL supports a lot of extension languages, and none of them > require the amount of backend changes that you outline here, because the > PL plugin serves as glue.
I think this patch is great, although I haven't had time to test it yet. The only real "backend change" is the exception-handling clause; and the fact that the backend will also be linked against the C++ runtime library. Everything else is routine stuff that an experienced C++ developer would end up catching while trying to get his build-system for a new project running; but it could certainly scare away someone with less experience. Better to deal with this way ahead of time and test it on a few platforms. -- David Lee Lambert ... Software Developer Cell phone: +1 586-873-8813 ; alt. email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key at http://www.lmert.com/keyring.txt
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