Re: Proposal for new PL/Perl README

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: gilles(at)darold(dot)net
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, mhh(at)mindspring(dot)com
Subject: Re: Proposal for new PL/Perl README
Date: 2000-09-20 14:22:46
Message-ID: 19633.969459766@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gilles DAROLD <gilles(at)darold(dot)net> writes:
> I also proposed to removed the POLLUTE option by applying the
> following patch to the plperl.c file. It compile well on Perl 5.005_03
> and Perl 5.6.0.

... and will fail entirely on older Perls, before 5.004-something where
they changed the API. The POLLUTE hack is at least backwards-compatible.

What we really need to do is revise plperl and interfaces/perl5 to use
Devel::PPPort, which masks the API change; but no one's got round to it.

regards, tom lane

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