| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: C++ compiler |
| Date: | 2013-06-24 23:59:06 |
| Message-ID: | 20130624235906.GB14698@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:45:48PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> I see value in making the codebase compileable with g++... and down the
> track I can see being able to use basic class features as quite useful
> given Pg's fairly OO internal design. Inline template functions instead
> of macros would be nice. I've worked with C++ enough not to be overly
> excited by the idea of going down the rabbit hole of Boost, complex
> template arrangements, etc, and I don't love the STL ... but any
> sensible project adopting C++ carefully picks and chooses what features
> it uses and how.
I think the big question is whether you can _control_ what C++ features
are used, or whether you are perpetually instructing users what C++
features not to use.
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