Re: List of all* PostgreSQL EXTENSIONs in the world

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>
Subject: Re: List of all* PostgreSQL EXTENSIONs in the world
Date: 2022-02-23 14:59:14
Message-ID: 0e8cc430-f3df-d3fd-6fdf-d15a51683fd8@joeconway.com
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On 2/23/22 09:52, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
> > What about scanning for "PG_MODULE_MAGIC"?
>
> An extension can be written without using C at all. BTW some extensions
> [1] are written in Rust these days.

Sure, but scanning for PG_MODULE_MAGIC may well pick up repos that would
otherwise have been missed. I didn't say that should be the only filter
used ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Joe

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