Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Kurt Harriman <harriman(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends
Date: 2008-12-05 11:56:06
Message-ID: 493916D6.3070909@gmx.net
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Kurt Harriman wrote:
> > Have you considered writing a procedural language plugin for C++?
>
> C++ can masquerade as C, so I don't think it needs a separate
> plugin. Just tell PostgreSQL that your user-defined function
> is C even though you secretly know it is C++.

FYI, we have received patches morally equivalent to yours many times
over the years, and they have all been rejected. You might want to
review the archives about that.

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