Re: [HACKERS] WIP: plpython3

2009-07-24 Thread James Pye
On Jul 24, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Stuart Bishop wrote: I'm not particularly interested in Python 3.x support yet (we are still back on 2.4, soon to hop to 2.5 or 2.6. For us 3.1 is probably 2 years away at the earliest). I am interested in improved plpython though. Two years would hopefully be

Re: [HACKERS] WIP: plpython3

2009-07-24 Thread Stuart Bishop
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:23 AM, James Pye wrote:   That also means that maintaining a separate, parallel code base   for a Python 3 variant can only be acceptable if it gives major advantages. I'm not particularly interested in Python 3.x support yet (we are still back on 2.4, soon to hop

Re: [HACKERS] WIP: plpython3

2009-07-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 04:24 -0700, James Pye wrote: > I see Python 3 as a good opportunity to change the interfaces and fix > the design of the PL. > > I dunno. I have time to give it some TLC, and I'm not terribly excited > about trying to tack features onto something that I find kinda gross

Re: [HACKERS] WIP: plpython3

2009-07-24 Thread James Pye
On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: While various of these ideas may be good, I think you are setting yourself up for a rejection. Right, I supposed that that may be the case or at least that you would feel this way based on your messages from the prior thread. There is

Re: [HACKERS] WIP: plpython3

2009-07-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Friday 24 July 2009 01:23:40 James Pye wrote: > Here are the features that I plan/hope to implement before submitting > any patch: > > * Native Typing [Python types that represent Postgres types] > * Reworked function structure (Python modules, not function fragments) > * Improved SQL in