Re: Suggested change in include/utils/elog.h

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > > > > PostgreSQL would probably "play" better with other products if
> > > > > the DEBUG macro had a prefix, maybe PGSQLDEBUG or similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Until there is some fix in this area, plperl will not build with
> > > > > a version of perl that has debugging enabled.
> > > > >
> >
> > It even got on my nerves (linux, ecpg) since I used to define a macro
> > #define DEBUG(x) cout << x
> > or
> > #define DEBUG(x)
> >
> > DEBUG and ERROR are far too common to get defined for client programs.
> >
> > But perhaps it is ecpg's fault for including "elog.h".
> > IMHO these defines should never leave the database kernel.
> >
> > perhaps the common
> > #ifdef _DBKERNEL_
> > #endif
> > would do the trick.
> >
> > Christof
> >
> > PS: Having Datum unconditionally leaked to ecpg programs forced me to preced
> > a namespace to my own class.
>
> Yes, leaking into user programs is a bad practice. Is there a
> solution/patch for that?

A solution would be a simple patch which is not available yet. But I
plan on
doing one (some other things still have higher priority).

Christof