Re: C++ Headers

* Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> [010519 10:29]:
> mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> writes:
> > Is any support for reworking the postgres headers such that they can be used,
> > cleanly, in a C++ program?
>
> You'll get no support for a request for a blank check. What do you have
> in mind exactly?
>
> ISTM that making the backend's internal headers C++-clean has already
> been looked into, but rejected on grounds that I don't recall clearly.
> Check the list archives.
I do know that you can use libpq-fe.h cleanly in a C++ program (the
table posted earlier today gets populated by a C++ app), modulo the
Oid type conflicts with an SNMP++ header, handled by a quick #define.

LER

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