Re: libpq object hooks

From: daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: libpq object hooks
Date: 2008-05-14 19:47:27
Message-ID: 20080514194727.GT5673@sonic.net
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On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:52:43AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> One idea would be to add the libpq hooks but not document them. This
> way, we can modify or remove the API as needed in the future. As
> libpqtypes matures and we are sure what the API should be, we can
> document it as stable and permanent.

-1

Perhaps it is just me, but undocumented interface are evil. Simply document
it with the changable bits labled as such.

-dg

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