Tom Lane writes:
> It makes sense for libpq to be able to execute within a C++ application.
> As was already debated, it's not nearly as clear that it makes sense to
> try to use C++ for backend modules.
That correct. But I have to define some types using external libraries.
> In any case, you ar
Tom Lane writes:
> That will have exactly zero effect. As was shown upthread, even
> everyday C++ programmers don't remember what all the extra keywords are.
> Guys who mainly code C are very unlikely to get this right if there's no
> automatic check being applied.
Just for curiosity, I would li
> Tom Lane writes:
> The problem that I see after trying the experiment, however, is that
> actually building Postgres using a C++ compiler would require changes
> enormously more invasive than just renaming some fields and function
> argument names. And I have no confidence in our ability to *ke
On Thu, 2007-28-06 at 01:15 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Sure, but we don't break them just on a whim. The bottom line here is
> whether we are going to make a real commitment to making C++ usable as
> a backend extension language --- and for the reasons I mentioned, that
> would entail a lot more tha
Tom Lane wrote:
> Sure, but we don't break them just on a whim. The bottom line here is
> whether we are going to make a real commitment to making C++ usable as
> a backend extension language --- and for the reasons I mentioned, that
> would entail a lot more than renaming a few identifiers. It w
This is a request I posted in February. The thread was named "Writing
triggers in C++". However I did not supply a patch then, and some people
misunderstood my problem. I will try to explain it again:
My problem is, I wrote some triggers in C using the SPI-API. Those
triggers call some functions d
*src);
allocates a block of memory out of the memory pool and copies an
existing string into it.
I includes a patch containing these functions to be applied onto version
8.2.3 and 8.2.4. I would appreciate seeing it in one of the next
versions.
Jacob Rief
diff -ur postgresql-8.2.3/src/backend/exe
