Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:48:48 +0300, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>:
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:14:28 +0300, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "Sven Suursoho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Unfortunately, there is still one problem when using unpatched
python,
>> caused by too aggressive assert.
>>
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-checkins/2005-August/046571.html.
>> I guess there should be warning somewhere as Hannu said but didn't
know
>> where to put it.
>
> I don't think we are going to be able to accept a patch that causes
the
> server to crash when using any but a bleeding-edge copy of Python.
Actually normal python installations do not cause problem, only
debugging versions do.
Anyway, if you think that this doesn't count as an argument, there is
nothing that we can do from PG-side except drop returning SETOF as
iterator/generator and only allow return SETOF as list.
Can't we detect a debug build and disable the feature?
Yes, we can, but newer python versions are already fixed.
So, what about this in configure:
if --with-python && test_iterator_app_crashes
# errcode(FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED), errmsg(patch your python)
disable_iterator_feature
fi
In this way we disable feature only if it is absolutely neccessary and
will give developer enough information how to fix it.
--
Sven Suursoho
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