Re: testing plpython3u on 9.0beta2

On Wednesday 23 June 2010 16:30:54 Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I can reproduce this, here. The problem seems to be that plpython
> > only build either plpython2.so or plython3.so, but both languages
> > expect a call handler called plython_call_handler. So once we load
> > the shared library for one language, the other language just grabs the
> > same call handler.
>
> We had better fix that --- I can definitely foresee installations
> wanting to use both plpython2 and plpython3. This'd require a change in
> the default contents of pg_pltemplate, though. Does it seem important
> enough to bump catversion for?
Has anybody actually researched if it is safe to run python2 and python3 in
the same address space? I wouldnt be surprised at all if that where
problematic.

Andres