Re: libpq++ update

Tom Vijlbrief, Tom Lane added some of your patches to 7.0. Do you have
anything new for 7.1? I know you were still working on it when we
entered beta.

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> Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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> libpq++ leaks file descriptors and memory.
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> The constructor of PgConnection leaks a file everytime it is called.
> Also DEBUG is on by default.
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> In addition the header file libpq++.H is insane. It contains
> outdated copies of the header files (pglobject.h and the others).
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> The libpq++.H declares a smaller PgLargeObject (without class member
> variables) then the PgLargeObject in pglobject.h.
> This is the reason that examples/testlo crashes !
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> I fixed the header classes and memory/file leakage. I also added
> header file PostgresDatabase.h which contains a new implementation
> with exception handling, cursors and transactions. Look at
> examples/testexcep.cc for the usage. The C++ interface is still
> compatible with the old version.
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> Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
> concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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> Running the next program, it crashes after approx. 1000 iterations
> (depending on configuration of OS)
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> #include <libpq++.H>
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> #include <iostream>
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> int main()
> {
> for (int i= 0; i < 10000; i++) {
> cerr << i << endl;
> PgConnection("");
> }
> }
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> Running examples/testlo crashes with a damaged stack.
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> If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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> change 'FILE * debug' from a local var to a static var in
> pgconnection.cc.
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> I added a tar containing a new version of the src/interfaces/libpq++
> directory
> because many files (source, headers, README, TODO, CHANGES) are
> changed.

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