> BTW, the bitmask isn't perfect either --- doesn't it just reintroduce
> the problem already complained of with your idea for PQinitSSL? That
> is, how does the client know whether the function recognized all the
> bits it passed?
Well, if we add the PQgetLibraryVersion() function I suggested
upthread, then it can check that first. I find it difficult to
believe that isn't a good idea independently of how we solve this
particular problem.
...Robert