Re: 64-bit API for large objects

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeremy Drake <jeremyd(at)apptechsys(dot)com>
Cc: Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Mark Dilger <pgsql(at)markdilger(dot)com>
Subject: Re: 64-bit API for large objects
Date: 2005-09-24 03:14:12
Message-ID: 8919.1127531652@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeremy Drake <jeremyd(at)apptechsys(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Unfortunately that's completely unacceptable from a namespace-pollution
>> point of view.

> I don't quite understand.

postgresql-fe.h defines a ton of stuff that has no business being
visible to libpq's client applications. It's designed to be used by
our *own* client-side code (psql and the like), but we have not made
any attempt to keep it from defining stuff that would likely break
other peoples' code.

regards, tom lane

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