Re: PG Extensions: Must be statically linked?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Craig A(dot) James" <cjames(at)modgraph-usa(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PG Extensions: Must be statically linked?
Date: 2006-03-02 22:11:30
Message-ID: 12593.1141337490@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Craig A. James" <cjames(at)modgraph-usa(dot)com> writes:
> I'm creating user-defined server extensions, written in C per the
> manual "31.9. C-Language Functions". Everything works well, but only
> if I fully link the .so such that there are *no* unresolved external
> references at all. Not even the stuff in libstdc++.a can be left out.

If you're using libstdc++.a, you are not writing C. There is no support
for C++ in the backend, and I would strongly advise not trying to use
it, as any of C++'s moderately interesting features like exceptions will
not play nicely with the backend environment.

regards, tom lane

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