> > > Yes, and a flag to ecpg. Added to TODO:
> >
> > Um, it's not clear *when* you need to know this:
> > - application configure time?
> > - application compile time?
> > - application link time?
> > - application run time?
> >
> > Of those possibilities, "add a function" responds to only one, and
> > it's the one I can see least use-case for. I should think that by
> > run-time it's probably too late to do much about it other than fail.
>
> Yea, I am thinking a libpq function would say "libpq not thread-safe'
> and return an error. I would think pg_config output would be
> fine for any link or compile-time check.
Another idea might be to compile the library with a different name when
it's thread safe. And if your system supports it, we build both by
default. (libpq and libpqt or something).
//Magnus
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