On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:45:48PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > I see value in making the codebase compileable with g++... and down the > track I can see being able to use basic class features as quite useful > given Pg's fairly OO internal design. Inline template functions instead > of macros would be nice. I've worked with C++ enough not to be overly > excited by the idea of going down the rabbit hole of Boost, complex > template arrangements, etc, and I don't love the STL ... but any > sensible project adopting C++ carefully picks and chooses what features > it uses and how.
I think the big question is whether you can _control_ what C++ features are used, or whether you are perpetually instructing users what C++ features not to use. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
