Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Hmm. One suggestion would be to have an internal function declared >> as taking and returning "struct varlena *", with a comment saying that >> we depend on text and bytea both being compatible with this. All three >> SQL-visible functions are then thin wrappers around that.
> Doesn't strike me as much of an advance, to be honest. As you wish, but at least a comment noting that these functions are relying on binary compatibility of text and bytea would be a good idea. > My current top priority is fixing the MSVC build .bat files like Magnus > wants, which will take a bit of time. If you are intending to make the buildfarm use the perl scripts, then this should definitely be high priority --- we don't want the farm testing some other build process than what ordinary users will use. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster