Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Michael Meskes
> Isn't pgtypeslib/*.h exposed to ecpg-using applications? No, the public interface is is include/*.h, pgtypeslib/*.h is only internal. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael at xmpp

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Tom Lane
Michael Meskes writes: >> Maybe it'd be good idea to unify some of that stuff so that ecpg can >> use it, too? Having a second copy of the same stuff in >> src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt.h is pretty terrible. Even if not, >> let's make sure they don't diverge. >

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Michael Meskes
> Maybe it'd be good idea to unify some of that stuff so that ecpg can > use > it, too? Having a second copy of the same stuff in > src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt.h is pretty terrible. Even if not, > let's make sure they don't diverge. Please let's unify whatever we can. The fewer manual

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-04 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Andrew Dunstan wrote: > On 10/03/2017 04:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > I like the new-header-file idea because it will result in minimal code > > churn and thus minimal back-patching hazards. > > > > I do *not* like "PG_PM". For our own purposes that adds no uniqueness > > at all. If we're to

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-03 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 10/03/2017 04:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund writes: >> On 2017-10-03 16:34:38 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: >>> AFAICT at a quick glance these are only used in a couple of files. Maybe >>> the defs need to be floated off to a different header with more limited >>>

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-03 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund writes: > On 2017-10-03 16:34:38 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: >> AFAICT at a quick glance these are only used in a couple of files. Maybe >> the defs need to be floated off to a different header with more limited >> inclusion? > Why not just rename them to PG_PM

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-03 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On 2017-10-03 16:34:38 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > On 10/03/2017 03:00 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In my llvm jit work I'd to > > > > #undef PM > > /* include some llvm headers */ > > #define PM 1 > > > > because llvm has a number of functions which have an argument named PM.

Re: [HACKERS] datetime.h defines like PM conflict with external libraries

2017-10-03 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 10/03/2017 03:00 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > In my llvm jit work I'd to > > #undef PM > /* include some llvm headers */ > #define PM 1 > > because llvm has a number of functions which have an argument named PM. > Now that works, but it's fairly ugly. Perhaps it would be a good idea