Re: ECPG support for string pseudo-type

Michael Meskes írta:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 05:09:04PM +0200, Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
>
>> OK, let me retry. This version treats "string" as a non-reserved word,
>> and also discovers whether the PGC contains this construct below,
>> as in ecpg/tests/preproc/type.pgc:
>>
>> exec sql type string is char[11];
>> typedef char string[11];
>>
>
> I don't like this because it means a datatype can change its meaning in the
> middle of a source file. Your new datatype is only needed for Informix
> compatibility, so why not only defining it when running in compatibility mode?
> An Informix file will not have such a typedef because it wouldn't/shouldn't
> work there either.
>
> Also the new datatype needs some documentation.
>
> Michael
>

Okay, I modified it so in Informix mode ECPG refuses
redefining the "string" type. I will add documentation and
also port it to 8.5devel, get_typedef() has changed since 8.4RC2
and it errors out now if asking for a non-typedef'd type name.

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