Re: htup header reorganization breaks many extension modules

Hitoshi Harada wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
wrote:
>> I haven't followed the details of the htup header reorganization, but
I
>> have noticed that a number of external extension modules will be
broken
>> because of the move of GETSTRUCT() and to a lesser extent
>> heap_getattr(). Of course some #ifdefs can fix that, but it seems
>> annoying to make everyone do that. Maybe this could be reconsidered
to
>> reduce the impact on other projects.

> But it's only add #include "access/htup_details.h"? I'd not argue
> it's harmful unless I missed your point.

I guess the point is that you need an #ifdef if you want a module
to be able to build with both 9.3 and lower versions.

Otherwise the compiler will complain about the missing include
file on older versions.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe