Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a
Date: 2008-04-08 20:19:10
Message-ID: 20080408201910.GA18458@svana.org
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 02:34:51PM -0400, Andrew Chernow wrote:
> This idea is for the libpq user, although driver writers could find it
> handy as well. Really, anyone who uses libpq directly. That's the real
> audience.

Quite, I'm writing array parsing code right now and this would make my
life much easier too. However, my question is:

> I am not sure why Tom is worried about source code size, normally the
> concern is linked size.

How tight is the link to libpq? Could it exist as a seperate library:
libpqbin or something? Still in core, just only used by the people who
want it.

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while
> boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.

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