Re: [PATCH] Add _PG_init to PL language handler documentation

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 03:47:25PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Jonathan Leto <jaleto(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> > This tiny doc patch adds _PG_init to the skeleton example code for a
>> > PL. The information is quite valuable to PL authors, who might miss it
>> > when it is described in the shared library documentation.
>>
>> I'm not sure it does much good to add it to the template without any
>> explanation of what it does.  What might make more sense is to add a
>> cross-reference to the section on dynamic loading, where this is
>> documented.
>
> +1. How about the attached (which, incidentally, tested successfully on my
> box, because I've managed to achieve doc building nirvana through blindly
> flailing about until it worked...)?

I've committed a doc change along these lines, but I thought your
version was a little wordy and maybe not in the best spot, so I did it
a bit differently. Hopefully it's good - if not, I can always change
it again...

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